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PP 48.1 article 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation transcript. Theory of everything. With regard to the accumulation by self-regulatory organizations of the entrance fee, regular membership fees and contribution to the compensation fund, we inform

1. Other expenses related to production and sale include the following expenses of a taxpayer:


1) the amounts of taxes and fees, customs duties and fees, insurance premiums for compulsory pension insurance, compulsory social insurance in case of temporary disability and in connection with motherhood, compulsory medical insurance, accrued in accordance with the procedure established by this Code, with the exception of those listed in Article 270 of this Code;


2) the costs of certification of products and services, as well as the declaration of conformity with the participation of a third party;


2.1) standardization costs, taking into account the provisions of paragraph 5 of this article;


3) amounts of commission fees and other similar expenses for work performed by third parties (services provided);


4) amounts of port and aerodrome dues, expenses for pilotage services and other similar expenses;


5) the amount of the paid lifting allowance within the limits established in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation;


6) the costs of ensuring the fire safety of the taxpayer in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, the costs of maintaining the gas rescue service, the costs of property protection services, the maintenance of fire and security alarms, the costs of acquiring fire protection services and other services of security activities, including services provided by private security under the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, as well as the costs of maintaining their own security service to perform the functions of economic protection of banking and business operations and the safety of material assets (except for the costs of equipment, the purchase of weapons and other special means of protection);


7) expenses for ensuring normal working conditions and safety measures provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation, expenses for civil defense in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, as well as expenses for the treatment of occupational diseases of workers employed in work with harmful or difficult working conditions, expenses related to the maintenance of premises and inventory of health centers located directly on the territory of the organization;


8) expenses for recruitment of employees, including expenses for the services of specialized organizations for the selection of personnel;


9) expenses for the provision of services for warranty repairs and maintenance, including deductions to the reserve for future expenses for warranty repairs and warranty maintenance (subject to the provisions of Article 267 of this Code);


10) rental (leasing) payments for leased (accepted on lease) property (including land plots), as well as expenses for the acquisition of property transferred on lease. If the property received under a leasing agreement is accounted for by the lessee, the following expenses are recognized as expenses accounted in accordance with this subparagraph:


for the lessee - rental (leasing) payments minus the amount of depreciation on this property, accrued in accordance with Articles 259 - 259.2 of this Code;


from the lessor - expenses for the acquisition of property leased;


10.1) the fee paid by the concessionaire to the concessor during the period of use (operation) of the object of the concession agreement (concession fee);


11) expenses for the maintenance of official transport (road, rail, air and other types of transport). Expenses for compensation for the use of personal cars and motorcycles for business trips within the limits established by the Government of the Russian Federation;


12) travel expenses, in particular for:


travel of the employee to the place of business trip and back to the place of permanent work;


rental of housing. Under this item of expenses, the employee's expenses for paying for additional services provided in hotels (with the exception of expenses for services in bars and restaurants, expenses for room service, expenses for the use of recreational and health facilities) are also subject to reimbursement;


per diem or field allowance;


registration and issuance of visas, passports, vouchers, invitations and other similar documents;


consular, airfield fees, fees for the right of entry, passage, transit of automobile and other transport, for the use of sea channels, other similar structures and other similar payments and fees;


12.1) the cost of delivery from the place of residence (collection) to the place of work and back of employees employed in organizations that operate on a rotational basis or in field (forwarding) conditions. These expenses must be provided for by collective agreements;


13) expenses for the diet of crews of sea, river and aircraft;


14) expenses for legal and information services;


15) expenses for consulting and other similar services;


16) payment to a public and (or) private notary for notarial registration. At the same time, such expenses are accepted within the limits of tariffs approved in the prescribed manner;


17) expenses for audit services;


18) expenses for the management of the organization or its individual divisions, as well as expenses for the acquisition of services for the management of the organization or its individual divisions;


19) expenses for services for the provision of labor of employees (personnel) by third-party organizations for participation in production activities, including in production management, performance of other functions related to the production and (or) sale of products (works, services);


20) expenses for the publication of accounting (financial) statements, as well as the publication and other disclosure of other information, if the legislation of the Russian Federation imposes on the taxpayer the obligation to publish (disclose) them;


21) expenses associated with the submission of forms and information of state statistical observation, if the legislation of the Russian Federation imposes on the taxpayer the obligation to provide this information;


22) entertainment expenses related to the official reception and maintenance of representatives of other organizations participating in negotiations in order to establish and maintain cooperation, in the manner provided for in paragraph 2 of this article;


23) expenses for training and passing an independent qualification assessment for compliance with the qualification requirements of the taxpayer's employees in the manner prescribed by paragraph 3 of this article;


24) expenses for stationery;


25) expenses for postal, telephone, telegraph and other similar services, expenses for payment for communication services, computer centers and banks, including expenses for services of facsimile and satellite communications, e-mail, as well as information systems (SWIFT, information and telecommunication network "Internet "and other similar systems);


26) expenses associated with the acquisition of the right to use computer programs and databases under agreements with the right holder (under license and sublicense agreements). The specified expenses also include expenses for the acquisition of exclusive rights to computer programs worth less than the amount of the cost of depreciable property, determined by paragraph 1 of Article 256 of this Code;


27) expenses for current study (research) of market conditions, collection of information directly related to the production and sale of goods (works, services);


28) advertising expenses for manufactured (acquired) and (or) sold goods (works, services), activities of a taxpayer, trademark and service mark, including participation in exhibitions and fairs, subject to the provisions of paragraph 4 of this article;


29) contributions, contributions and other obligatory payments paid to non-commercial organizations, if the payment of such contributions, deposits and other obligatory payments is a condition for the implementation of activities by taxpayers - payers of such contributions, contributions or other obligatory payments;


30) contributions paid to international organizations and organizations that provide payment systems and electronic information transmission systems, if the payment of such contributions is a mandatory condition for the implementation of activities by taxpayers - payers of such contributions or is a condition for the provision by an international organization of services necessary for the maintenance by the taxpayer - payer of such contributions specified activity;


31) expenses associated with payment for services to third-party organizations for the maintenance and sale, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, of the objects of pledge and pledge for the time the said objects are with the pledgee after the transfer by the pledger;


32) expenses for the maintenance of rotational and temporary camps, including all objects of housing and communal and social purposes, subsidiary farms and other similar services, in organizations operating on a rotational basis or working in field (forwarding) conditions. These expenses for taxation purposes are recognized within the limits for the maintenance of similar facilities and services approved by local governments at the place of activity of the taxpayer. If such standards are not approved by local governments, the taxpayer has the right to apply the procedure for determining the costs of maintaining these objects, which is in force for similar objects located in the given territory and subordinate to the said bodies;


33) deductions from enterprises and organizations operating especially radiation hazardous and nuclear hazardous industries and facilities to form reserves designed to ensure the safety of these industries and facilities at all stages of their life cycle and development in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on the use of atomic energy and in the procedure established by the Government of the Russian Federation;


34) expenses for the preparation and development of new industries, workshops and units;


35) costs associated with the introduction of production technologies, as well as methods of organizing production and management;


36) expenses for accounting services provided by third parties or individual entrepreneurs;


37) periodic (current) payments for the use of rights to the results of intellectual activity and rights to means of individualization (in particular, rights arising from patents for inventions, utility models, industrial designs);


38) expenses incurred by a taxpaying organization that employs the labor of disabled people in the form of funds directed towards the goals of ensuring social protection of disabled people, if disabled people make up at least 50 percent of the total number of employees of such a taxpayer and the share of expenses for remuneration of labor of disabled people in the cost of labor is at least 25 percent.


The goals of social protection of disabled people in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on the social protection of disabled people are:


improvement of working conditions and labor protection for disabled people;


creation and preservation of jobs for the disabled (purchase and installation of equipment, including the organization of work for home workers);


training (including new professions and methods of work) and employment of disabled people;


production and repair of prosthetic products;


purchase and maintenance of technical rehabilitation equipment (including the purchase of guide dogs);


sanatorium and resort services for the disabled, as well as for persons accompanying disabled people of group I and disabled children;


protection of the rights and legitimate interests of persons with disabilities;


measures for the integration of persons with disabilities into society (including cultural, sports and other similar events);


providing disabled people with equal opportunities with other citizens (including transport services for persons accompanying disabled people of group I and disabled children);


acquisition and distribution among the disabled of printed publications of public organizations of the disabled;


purchase and distribution of video materials with subtitles or sign language translation among disabled people;


contributions directed by these organizations to public organizations of the disabled for their maintenance.


When determining the total number of disabled people, the average number of employees does not include disabled people working part-time, work contracts and other civil law contracts;


39) expenses of taxpayers - public organizations of the disabled, as well as taxpayers - institutions, the sole owners of whose property are public organizations of the disabled, in the form of funds directed to the implementation of the activities of these public organizations of the disabled and for the purposes specified in subparagraph 38 of this paragraph.


Recipients of funds intended for the implementation of the activities of a public organization of the disabled and for the purpose of social protection of the disabled, at the end of the tax period, submit to the relevant tax authorities at the place of their registration a report on the intended use of the funds received.


In case of misuse of such funds from the moment when their recipient actually used such funds for other than their intended purpose (violated the conditions for providing these funds), such funds are recognized as income from the taxpayer who received these funds.


The expenses specified in subparagraph 38 of this paragraph and this subparagraph cannot be included in the expenses associated with the production and (or) sale of excisable goods, mineral raw materials, other minerals and other goods according to the list determined by the Government of the Russian Federation in agreement with the all-Russian organizations of the disabled, as well as with the provision of intermediary services related to the sale of such goods, minerals and minerals;


39.1) expenses of taxpayers-organizations, the authorized (share) capital of which consists entirely of the contribution of religious organizations, in the form of profits received from the sale of religious literature and religious items, provided that these amounts are transferred for the implementation of the statutory activities of these religious organizations;


39.2) expenses for the formation, in accordance with the procedure established by Article 267.1 of this Code, of reserves for future expenses for the purpose of social protection of persons with disabilities, provided for in subparagraph 38 of this paragraph, which are carried out by a taxpayer - a public organization of persons with disabilities, as well as by a taxpayer - an organization using the labor of persons with disabilities, if from the total the number of employees of such a taxpayer is at least 50 percent disabled and the share of the cost of wages of disabled people in the cost of wages is at least 25 percent;


39.3) expenses for the formation, in accordance with the procedure established by Article 267.2 of this Code, of reserves for future expenses for scientific research and (or) experimental design;


40) payments for registration of rights to real estate and land, transactions with these objects, payments for providing information on registered rights, payment for services of authorized bodies and specialized organizations for property valuation, preparation of documents for cadastral and technical accounting (inventory) of real estate objects;


41) expenses under civil law contracts (including work contracts) concluded with individual entrepreneurs who are not on the staff of the organization;


42) expenses of taxpayers - agricultural organizations for the food of workers engaged in agricultural work;


43) expenses for the replacement of defective printed periodicals that have lost their presentation during transportation and (or) sale and missing copies of printed periodicals in packages, but not more than 7 percent of the cost of the circulation of the corresponding issue of the printed periodical;


44) losses in the form of the value of defective, lost marketable, as well as not sold within the time limits specified in this subparagraph (morally obsolete) media products and book products written off by taxpayers engaged in the production and release of media products and book products , within the limits of no more than 10 percent of the cost of the circulation of the corresponding number of the periodical printed edition or the corresponding circulation of book products, as well as the costs of writing off and disposing of defective, out-of-sale and unsold media products and book products.


An expense is recognized as the cost of mass media products and book products not sold within the following periods:


for printed periodicals - within the period until the next issue of the corresponding printed periodical is published;


for books and other non-periodical publications - within 24 months after their publication;



45) contributions for compulsory social insurance against industrial accidents and occupational diseases, made in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation;


46) taxpayers' contributions made to ensure the supervisory activities of specialized institutions provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation in order to monitor compliance by such taxpayers with the relevant requirements and conditions, as well as taxpayers' contributions to reserves created in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation regulating activities in the field of communications;


47) losses from marriage;


48) expenses associated with the maintenance of premises of public catering facilities serving labor collectives (including the amount of accrued depreciation, expenses for the repair of premises, expenses for lighting, heating, water supply, electricity, as well as fuel for cooking), if such expenses are not are taken into account in accordance with Article 275.1 of this Code;


48.1) the employer's expenses for the payment in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation of temporary disability benefits (with the exception of accidents at work and occupational diseases) for the days of temporary disability of the employee, which are paid at the expense of the employer and the number of which is established by the Federal Law of December 29, 2006 N 255-FZ "On compulsory social insurance in case of temporary disability and in connection with motherhood", in part not covered by insurance payments made to employees by insurance organizations that have licenses issued in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation to carry out the corresponding type of activity, according to contracts with employers in favor of employees in case of their temporary incapacity for work (with the exception of accidents at work and occupational diseases) for days of temporary incapacity for work, which are paid at the expense of the employer and the number which are established by the Federal Law of December 29, 2006 N 255-FZ "On compulsory social insurance in case of temporary disability and in connection with motherhood";


48.2) payments (contributions) of employers under voluntary personal insurance contracts concluded with insurance organizations that have licenses issued in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation to carry out the relevant type of activity in favor of employees in case of their temporary disability (with the exception of accidents at work and occupational diseases) for days of temporary disability, which are paid at the expense of the employer and the number of which is established by the Federal Law of December 29, 2006 N 255-FZ "On Compulsory Social Insurance in case of temporary disability and in connection with motherhood". The specified payments (contributions) are included in expenses if the amount of insurance payment under such contracts does not exceed the amount of temporary disability benefits determined in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation (except for accidents at work and occupational diseases) for days of temporary disability of the employee, which are paid at the expense of the employer and the number of which is established by the Federal Law of December 29, 2006 N 255-FZ "On Compulsory Social Insurance in Case of Temporary Disability and in Connection with Motherhood". In this case, the total amount of these payments (contributions) of employers and the contributions specified in paragraph ten of clause 16 of part two of Article 255 of this Code is included in expenses in the amount not exceeding 3 percent of the amount of labor costs;


48.3) expenses of taxpayers related to the free provision of air time and (or) print space in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on elections and referendums;


48.4) expenses of taxpayers related to the free provision of services for the production and (or) distribution of social advertising in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on advertising. The expenses specified in this subparagraph are recognized for taxation purposes, subject to compliance with the requirements for social advertising established by subparagraph 32 of paragraph 3 of Article 149 of this Code;


48.5) the expenses of the taxpayer, in favor of which the right to use a subsoil plot is transferred in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, in the form of compensation for the costs of developing natural resources previously incurred by the previous owner of a license to use this subsoil plot for the purpose of acquiring it, in the amount of the taxpayer's actual costs;


48.6) the amounts of entrance and guarantee contributions of non-state pension funds, guarantee contributions of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation paid to the pension savings guarantee fund in accordance with Federal Law No. Federation in the formation and investment of pension savings, the establishment and implementation of payments from pension savings";


48.7) expenses associated with the provision of property (works, services) free of charge to state authorities or local governments, state and municipal institutions, state and municipal unitary enterprises in cases where this duty of the taxpayer is established by the legislation of the Russian Federation;


48.8) expenses for payment for the services of clearing organizations related to the issuance, circulation servicing and redemption of clearing participation certificates;


48.9) funds transferred to the budget of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation on the basis of agreements (contracts) on gratuitous targeted contributions concluded in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on the electric power industry;


48.10) expenses of a unitary non-profit organization created for the purpose of implementing the housing renovation program in the city of Moscow in accordance with Article 7.7 of the Law of the Russian Federation of April 15, 1993 N 4802-1 "On the status of the capital of the Russian Federation", for the acquisition (creation) of real estate objects property within the framework of the program for the renovation of the housing stock in the city of Moscow, with the exception of expenses incurred within the framework of targeted financing and targeted revenues in accordance with subparagraph 14 of paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 of Article 251 of this Code. These expenses are recognized for taxation purposes as of the date of transfer of real estate objects owned by the said organization to the city of Moscow in connection with the implementation of the housing renovation program in the city of Moscow;


49) other expenses related to production and (or) sale.


2. Representation expenses include the taxpayer's expenses for the official reception and (or) service of representatives of other organizations participating in negotiations in order to establish and (or) maintain mutual cooperation, as well as participants who arrived at meetings of the board of directors (management board) or other governing body taxpayer, regardless of the location of the said events. Representation expenses include expenses for holding an official reception (breakfast, lunch or other similar event) for these persons, as well as officials of the taxpaying organization participating in the negotiations, transport support for the delivery of these persons to the venue of the representative event and (or) meeting of the governing body and vice versa, buffet service during negotiations, payment for the services of translators who are not on the staff of the taxpayer to provide translation during representational events.


Hospitality expenses do not include expenses for the organization of entertainment, recreation, prevention or treatment of diseases.


Representation expenses during the reporting (tax) period are included in other expenses in the amount not exceeding 4 percent of the taxpayer's labor costs for this reporting (tax) period.


3. The taxpayer's expenses for training in basic vocational education programs, basic vocational training programs and additional professional programs, passing an independent qualification assessment for compliance with the qualification requirements of the taxpayer's employees are included in other expenses if:


1) training in basic vocational educational programs, basic vocational training programs and additional professional programs is carried out on the basis of an agreement with a Russian educational organization, a scientific organization or a foreign educational organization that has the right to conduct educational activities, undergo an independent assessment of qualifications for compliance with the qualification requirements of an employee the taxpayer is carried out on the basis of a contract for the provision of services for an independent assessment of qualifications for compliance with qualification requirements in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation;


2) training in basic vocational educational programs, basic vocational training programs and additional professional programs is carried out by employees of the taxpayer who have concluded employment contracts with the taxpayer, or individuals who have entered into contracts with the taxpayer that provide for the obligation of an individual not later than three months after the end of the specified training, paid for taxpayer, conclude an employment contract with him and work with the taxpayer for at least one year, an independent assessment of qualifications for compliance with qualification requirements in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation is carried out by the taxpayer's employees who have concluded an employment contract with him.


If the employment contract between the specified individual and the taxpayer was terminated before the expiration of one year from the date of its commencement, with the exception of cases of termination of the employment contract due to circumstances beyond the control of the parties (Article 83 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation), the taxpayer is obliged to include in non-operating income of the reporting (tax) period in which this employment contract terminated, the amount of payment for the specified training of the relevant individual, previously taken into account when calculating the tax base. In the event that an employment contract between an individual and a taxpayer was not concluded three months after the end of training paid by the taxpayer, these expenses are also included in non-operating income of the reporting (tax) period in which this term for concluding an employment contract expired.


The taxpayer is obliged to keep documents confirming the costs of training for the entire duration of the relevant training agreement and one year of work of an individual whose training was paid for by the taxpayer in accordance with the employment contract concluded with the taxpayer, but not less than four years.


The taxpayer is obliged to keep documents confirming the costs of an employee undergoing an independent qualification assessment for compliance with qualification requirements, during the entire term of the contract for the provision of services for an independent qualification assessment for compliance with qualification requirements and one year of work of an individual, passing an independent qualification assessment for compliance whose qualification requirements were paid by the taxpayer in accordance with the employment contract concluded with the taxpayer, but not less than four years.


Education expenses also include taxpayer expenses incurred on the basis of agreements on the network form of implementation of educational programs concluded in accordance with Federal Law No. 273-FZ of December 29, 2012 "On Education in the Russian Federation" with educational organizations, in particular, expenses for maintenance of the premises and equipment of the taxpayer used for training, wages, the cost of property transferred to ensure the training process, and other expenses under these agreements. Such expenses are recognized in the tax period in which they were incurred, provided that in this tax period at least one of the students who graduated from these educational organizations entered into an employment contract with the taxpayer for a period of at least one year.


Expenses related to the organization of entertainment, recreation or treatment are not recognized as expenses for the training of employees of the taxpayer or individuals provided for in this paragraph.





expenses for participation in exhibitions, fairs, expositions, window dressing, sales exhibitions, sample rooms and showrooms, production of advertising brochures and catalogs containing information on goods sold, work performed, services provided, trademarks and service marks, and ( or) about the organization itself, for a discount on goods that have completely or partially lost their original qualities during exposure.


Expenses of the taxpayer for the acquisition (manufacturing) of prizes awarded to the winners of drawings of such prizes during mass advertising campaigns, as well as expenses for other types of advertising not specified in paragraphs two to four of this paragraph, carried out by him during the reporting (tax) period, for taxation purposes are recognized in the amount not exceeding 1 percent of the proceeds from sales, determined in accordance with Article 249 of this Code.


5. Standardization costs are the costs of work on the development of national standards included in the program for the development of national standards approved by the national body of the Russian Federation for standardization, as well as the costs of work on the development of regional standards, subject to the approval of the standards as national standards by the national body of the Russian Federation for standardization, registration of regional standards in the Federal Information Fund of technical regulations and standards in the manner prescribed by the legislation of the Russian Federation on technical regulation.


Standardization expenses are not recognized as expenses for the development of national and regional standards by organizations developing them as a performer (contractor or subcontractor).

1. Other expenses related to production and sale include the following expenses of a taxpayer:

1) the amount of taxes and fees, customs duties and fees, insurance contributions to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation for compulsory pension insurance, to the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation for compulsory social insurance in case of temporary disability and in connection with motherhood, to the Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund and territorial funds of compulsory medical insurance for compulsory medical insurance, accrued in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, with the exception of those listed in Article 270 of this Code;

2) the costs of certification of products and services, as well as the declaration of conformity with the participation of a third party;

2.1) standardization costs, taking into account the provisions of paragraph 5 of this article;

3) amounts of commission fees and other similar expenses for work performed by third parties (services provided);

4) amounts of port and aerodrome dues, expenses for pilotage services and other similar expenses;

5) the amount of the paid lifting allowance within the limits established in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation;

6) the costs of ensuring the fire safety of the taxpayer in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, the costs of maintaining the gas rescue service, the costs of property protection services, the maintenance of fire and security alarms, the costs of acquiring fire protection services and other services of security activities, including services provided by private security under the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, as well as the costs of maintaining their own security service to perform the functions of economic protection of banking and business operations and the safety of material assets (except for the costs of equipment, the purchase of weapons and other special means of protection);

7) expenses for ensuring normal working conditions and safety measures provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation, expenses for civil defense in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, as well as expenses for the treatment of occupational diseases of workers employed in work with harmful or difficult working conditions, expenses related to the maintenance of premises and inventory of health centers located directly on the territory of the organization;

8) expenses for recruitment of employees, including expenses for the services of specialized organizations for the selection of personnel;

9) expenses for the provision of services for warranty repairs and maintenance, including deductions to the reserve for future expenses for warranty repairs and warranty maintenance (subject to the provisions of Article 267 of this Code);

10) rental (leasing) payments for leased (accepted on lease) property (including land plots), as well as expenses for the acquisition of property transferred on lease. If the property received under a leasing agreement is accounted for by the lessee, the following expenses are recognized as expenses accounted in accordance with this subparagraph:

for the lessee - rental (leasing) payments minus the amount of depreciation on this property, accrued in accordance with Articles 259 - 259.2 of this Code;

from the lessor - expenses for the acquisition of property leased;

10.1) the fee paid by the concessionaire to the concessor during the period of use (operation) of the object of the concession agreement (concession fee);

11) expenses for the maintenance of official transport (road, rail, air and other types of transport). Expenses for compensation for the use of personal cars and motorcycles for business trips within the limits established by the Government of the Russian Federation;

12) travel expenses, in particular for:

travel of the employee to the place of business trip and back to the place of permanent work;

rental of housing. Under this item of expenses, the employee's expenses for paying for additional services provided in hotels (with the exception of expenses for services in bars and restaurants, expenses for room service, expenses for the use of recreational and health facilities) are also subject to reimbursement;

per diem or field allowance;

registration and issuance of visas, passports, vouchers, invitations and other similar documents;

consular, airfield fees, fees for the right of entry, passage, transit of automobile and other transport, for the use of sea channels, other similar structures and other similar payments and fees;

12.1) the cost of delivery from the place of residence (collection) to the place of work and back of employees employed in organizations that operate on a rotational basis or in field (forwarding) conditions. These expenses must be provided for by collective agreements;

13) expenses for the diet of crews of sea, river and aircraft;

14) expenses for legal and information services;

15) expenses for consulting and other similar services;

16) payment to a public and (or) private notary for notarial registration. At the same time, such expenses are accepted within the limits of tariffs approved in the prescribed manner;

17) expenses for audit services;

18) expenses for the management of the organization or its individual divisions, as well as expenses for the acquisition of services for the management of the organization or its individual divisions;

19) expenses for services for the provision of employees (technical and managerial personnel) by third-party organizations to participate in the production process, production management or to perform other functions related to production and (or) sales;

20) expenses for the publication of accounting (financial) statements, as well as the publication and other disclosure of other information, if the legislation of the Russian Federation imposes on the taxpayer the obligation to publish (disclose) them;

21) expenses associated with the submission of forms and information of state statistical observation, if the legislation of the Russian Federation imposes on the taxpayer the obligation to provide this information;

22) entertainment expenses related to the official reception and maintenance of representatives of other organizations participating in negotiations in order to establish and maintain cooperation, in the manner provided for in paragraph 2 of this article;

23) expenses for training in basic and additional professional educational programs, professional training and retraining of the taxpayer's employees in the manner provided for in paragraph 3 of this article;

24) expenses for stationery;

25) expenses for postal, telephone, telegraph and other similar services, expenses for payment for communication services, computer centers and banks, including expenses for services of facsimile and satellite communications, e-mail, as well as information systems (SWIFT, information and telecommunication network "Internet "and other similar systems);

26) expenses associated with the acquisition of the right to use computer programs and databases under agreements with the right holder (under license and sublicense agreements). The specified expenses also include expenses for the acquisition of exclusive rights to computer programs worth less than the amount of the cost of depreciable property, determined by paragraph 1 of Article 256 of this Code;

27) expenses for current study (research) of market conditions, collection of information directly related to the production and sale of goods (works, services);

28) advertising expenses for manufactured (acquired) and (or) sold goods (works, services), activities of a taxpayer, trademark and service mark, including participation in exhibitions and fairs, subject to the provisions of paragraph 4 of this article;

29) contributions, contributions and other obligatory payments paid to non-commercial organizations, if the payment of such contributions, deposits and other obligatory payments is a condition for the implementation of activities by taxpayers - payers of such contributions, contributions or other obligatory payments;

30) contributions paid to international organizations and organizations that provide payment systems and electronic information transmission systems, if the payment of such contributions is a mandatory condition for the implementation of activities by taxpayers - payers of such contributions or is a condition for the provision by an international organization of services necessary for the maintenance by the taxpayer - payer of such contributions specified activity;

31) expenses associated with payment for services to third-party organizations for the maintenance and sale, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, of the objects of pledge and pledge for the time the said objects are with the pledgee after the transfer by the pledger;

32) expenses for the maintenance of rotational and temporary camps, including all objects of housing and communal and social purposes, subsidiary farms and other similar services, in organizations operating on a rotational basis or working in field (forwarding) conditions. These expenses for taxation purposes are recognized within the limits for the maintenance of similar facilities and services approved by local governments at the place of activity of the taxpayer. If such standards are not approved by local governments, the taxpayer has the right to apply the procedure for determining the costs of maintaining these objects, which is in force for similar objects located in the given territory and subordinate to the said bodies;

33) deductions from enterprises and organizations operating especially radiation hazardous and nuclear hazardous industries and facilities to form reserves designed to ensure the safety of these industries and facilities at all stages of their life cycle and development in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on the use of atomic energy and in the procedure established by the Government of the Russian Federation;

34) expenses for the preparation and development of new industries, workshops and units;

35) costs associated with the introduction of production technologies, as well as methods of organizing production and management;

36) expenses for accounting services provided by third parties or individual entrepreneurs;

37) periodic (current) payments for the use of rights to the results of intellectual activity and means of individualization (in particular, rights arising from patents for inventions, industrial designs and other types of intellectual property);

38) expenses incurred by a taxpaying organization that employs the labor of disabled people in the form of funds directed towards the goals of ensuring social protection of disabled people, if disabled people make up at least 50 percent of the total number of employees of such a taxpayer and the share of expenses for remuneration of labor of disabled people in the cost of labor is at least 25 percent.

The goals of social protection of disabled people in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on the social protection of disabled people are:

improvement of working conditions and labor protection for disabled people;

creation and preservation of jobs for the disabled (purchase and installation of equipment, including the organization of work for home workers);

training (including new professions and methods of work) and employment of disabled people;

production and repair of prosthetic products;

purchase and maintenance of technical rehabilitation equipment (including the purchase of guide dogs);

sanatorium and resort services for the disabled, as well as for persons accompanying disabled people of group I and disabled children;

protection of the rights and legitimate interests of persons with disabilities;

measures for the integration of persons with disabilities into society (including cultural, sports and other similar events);

providing disabled people with equal opportunities with other citizens (including transport services for persons accompanying disabled people of group I and disabled children);

acquisition and distribution among the disabled of printed publications of public organizations of the disabled;

purchase and distribution of video materials with subtitles or sign language translation among disabled people;

contributions directed by these organizations to public organizations of the disabled for their maintenance.

When determining the total number of disabled people, the average number of employees does not include disabled people working part-time, work contracts and other civil law contracts;

39) expenses of taxpayers - public organizations of the disabled, as well as taxpayers - institutions, the sole owners of whose property are public organizations of the disabled, in the form of funds directed to the implementation of the activities of these public organizations of the disabled and for the purposes specified in subparagraph 38 of this paragraph.

Recipients of funds intended for the implementation of the activities of a public organization of the disabled and for the purpose of social protection of the disabled, at the end of the tax period, submit to the relevant tax authorities at the place of their registration a report on the intended use of the funds received.

In case of misuse of such funds from the moment when their recipient actually used such funds for other than their intended purpose (violated the conditions for providing these funds), such funds are recognized as income from the taxpayer who received these funds.

The expenses specified in subparagraph 38 of this paragraph and this subparagraph cannot be included in the expenses associated with the production and (or) sale of excisable goods, mineral raw materials, other minerals and other goods according to the list determined by the Government of the Russian Federation in agreement with the all-Russian organizations of the disabled, as well as with the provision of intermediary services related to the sale of such goods, minerals and minerals;

39.1) expenses of taxpayers-organizations, the authorized (share) capital of which consists entirely of the contribution of religious organizations, in the form of profits received from the sale of religious literature and religious items, provided that these amounts are transferred for the implementation of the statutory activities of these religious organizations;

39.2) expenses for the formation, in accordance with the procedure established by Article 267.1 of this Code, of reserves for future expenses for the purpose of social protection of persons with disabilities, provided for in subparagraph 38 of this paragraph, which are carried out by a taxpayer - a public organization of persons with disabilities, as well as by a taxpayer - an organization using the labor of persons with disabilities, if from the total the number of employees of such a taxpayer is at least 50 percent disabled and the share of the cost of wages of disabled people in the cost of wages is at least 25 percent;

39.3) expenses for the formation, in accordance with the procedure established by Article 267.2 of this Code, of reserves for future expenses for scientific research and (or) experimental design;

40) payments for registration of rights to real estate and land, transactions with these objects, payments for providing information on registered rights, payment for services of authorized bodies and specialized organizations for property valuation, preparation of documents for cadastral and technical accounting (inventory) of real estate objects;

41) expenses under civil law contracts (including work contracts) concluded with individual entrepreneurs who are not on the staff of the organization;

42) expenses of taxpayers - agricultural organizations for the food of workers engaged in agricultural work;

43) expenses for the replacement of defective printed periodicals that have lost their presentation during transportation and (or) sale and missing copies of printed periodicals in packages, but not more than 7 percent of the cost of the circulation of the corresponding issue of the printed periodical;

44) losses in the form of the value of defective, lost marketable, as well as not sold within the time limits specified in this subparagraph (morally obsolete) media products and book products written off by taxpayers engaged in the production and release of media products and book products , within the limits of no more than 10 percent of the cost of the circulation of the corresponding number of the periodical printed edition or the corresponding circulation of book products, as well as the costs of writing off and disposing of defective, out-of-sale and unsold media products and book products.

An expense is recognized as the cost of mass media products and book products not sold within the following periods:

for printed periodicals - within the period until the next issue of the corresponding printed periodical is published;

for books and other non-periodical publications - within 24 months after their publication;

45) contributions for compulsory social insurance against industrial accidents and occupational diseases, made in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation;

46) taxpayers' contributions made to ensure the supervisory activities of specialized institutions provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation in order to monitor compliance by such taxpayers with the relevant requirements and conditions, as well as taxpayers' contributions to reserves created in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation regulating activities in the field of communications;

47) losses from marriage;

48) expenses associated with the maintenance of premises of public catering facilities serving labor collectives (including the amount of accrued depreciation, expenses for the repair of premises, expenses for lighting, heating, water supply, electricity, as well as fuel for cooking), if such expenses are not are taken into account in accordance with Article 275.1 of this Code;

48.1) the employer's expenses for the payment in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation of temporary disability benefits (with the exception of accidents at work and occupational diseases) for the days of temporary disability of the employee, which are paid at the expense of the employer and the number of which is established by the Federal Law of December 29, 2006 N 255-FZ "On compulsory social insurance in case of temporary disability and in connection with motherhood", in part not covered by insurance payments made to employees by insurance organizations that have licenses issued in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation to carry out the corresponding type of activity, according to contracts with employers in favor of employees in case of their temporary incapacity for work (with the exception of accidents at work and occupational diseases) for days of temporary incapacity for work, which are paid at the expense of the employer and the number which are established by the Federal Law of December 29, 2006 N 255-FZ "On compulsory social insurance in case of temporary disability and in connection with motherhood";

48.2) payments (contributions) of employers under voluntary personal insurance contracts concluded with insurance organizations that have licenses issued in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation to carry out the relevant type of activity in favor of employees in case of their temporary disability (with the exception of accidents at work and occupational diseases) for days of temporary disability, which are paid at the expense of the employer and the number of which is established by the Federal Law of December 29, 2006 N 255-FZ "On Compulsory Social Insurance in case of temporary disability and in connection with motherhood". The specified payments (contributions) are included in expenses if the amount of insurance payment under such contracts does not exceed the amount of temporary disability benefits determined in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation (except for accidents at work and occupational diseases) for days of temporary disability of the employee, which are paid at the expense of the employer and the number of which is established by the Federal Law of December 29, 2006 N 255-FZ "On Compulsory Social Insurance in Case of Temporary Disability and in Connection with Motherhood". In this case, the total amount of these payments (contributions) of employers and the contributions specified in paragraph ten of clause 16 of part two of Article 255 of this Code is included in expenses in the amount not exceeding 3 percent of the amount of labor costs;

48.3) expenses of taxpayers related to the free provision of air time and (or) print space in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on elections and referendums;

48.4) expenses of taxpayers related to the free provision of services for the production and (or) distribution of social advertising in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on advertising. The expenses specified in this subparagraph are recognized for taxation purposes, subject to compliance with the requirements for social advertising established by subparagraph 32 of paragraph 3 of Article 149 of this Code;

48.5) the expenses of the taxpayer, in favor of which the right to use a subsoil plot is transferred in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, in the form of compensation for the costs of developing natural resources previously incurred by the previous owner of a license to use this subsoil plot for the purpose of acquiring it, in the amount of the taxpayer's actual costs;

48.6) the amounts of entrance and guarantee contributions of non-state pension funds, guarantee contributions of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation paid to the pension savings guarantee fund in accordance with Federal Law No. Federation in the formation and investment of pension savings, the establishment and implementation of payments from pension savings";

48.7) expenses associated with the provision of property (works, services) free of charge to state authorities or local governments, state and municipal institutions, state and municipal unitary enterprises in cases where this duty of the taxpayer is established by the legislation of the Russian Federation;

49) other expenses related to production and (or) sale.

2. Representation expenses include the taxpayer's expenses for the official reception and (or) service of representatives of other organizations participating in negotiations in order to establish and (or) maintain mutual cooperation, as well as participants who arrived at meetings of the board of directors (management board) or other governing body taxpayer, regardless of the location of the said events. Representation expenses include expenses for holding an official reception (breakfast, lunch or other similar event) for these persons, as well as officials of the taxpaying organization participating in the negotiations, transport support for the delivery of these persons to the venue of the representative event and (or) meeting of the governing body and vice versa, buffet service during negotiations, payment for the services of translators who are not on the staff of the taxpayer to provide translation during representational events.

Hospitality expenses do not include expenses for the organization of entertainment, recreation, prevention or treatment of diseases.

Representation expenses during the reporting (tax) period are included in other expenses in the amount not exceeding 4 percent of the taxpayer's labor costs for this reporting (tax) period.

3. The taxpayer's expenses for training in basic and additional professional educational programs, professional training and retraining of the taxpayer's employees are included in other expenses if:

1) training in basic and additional professional educational programs, vocational training and retraining of taxpayer employees are carried out on the basis of an agreement with Russian educational institutions that have the appropriate license, or foreign educational institutions that have the appropriate status;

2) training in basic and additional professional educational programs, vocational training and retraining are carried out by employees of the taxpayer who have concluded an employment contract with the taxpayer, or individuals who have entered into an agreement with the taxpayer that provides for the obligation of an individual not later than three months after the end of the specified training, vocational training and retraining paid by the taxpayer, conclude an employment contract with him and work with the taxpayer for at least one year. If the employment contract between the specified individual and the taxpayer was terminated before the expiration of one year from the date of its commencement, with the exception of cases of termination of the employment contract due to circumstances beyond the control of the parties (Article 83 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation), the taxpayer is obliged to include in non-operating income of the reporting (tax) period in which this employment contract terminated, the amount of tuition fees, vocational training or retraining of the relevant individual, previously taken into account when calculating the tax base. If the employment contract of an individual with a taxpayer was not concluded three months after the end of education, training or retraining, paid by the taxpayer, these expenses are also included in non-operating income of the reporting (tax) period in which this term for concluding an employment contract expired .

The taxpayer is obliged to keep documents confirming the costs of training, during the entire period of validity of the relevant training agreement and one year of work of an individual whose training, professional training or retraining was paid for by the taxpayer, in accordance with the employment contract concluded with the taxpayer, but not less than four years .

Expenses related to the organization of entertainment, recreation or treatment, the maintenance of educational institutions, as well as the performance of free work for them or the provision of free services to them are not recognized as expenses for the training of employees of a taxpayer or individuals provided for in this paragraph.

expenses for participation in exhibitions, fairs, expositions, window dressing, sales exhibitions, sample rooms and showrooms, production of advertising brochures and catalogs containing information on goods sold, work performed, services provided, trademarks and service marks, and ( or) about the organization itself, for a discount on goods that have completely or partially lost their original qualities during exposure.

Expenses of the taxpayer for the acquisition (manufacturing) of prizes awarded to the winners of drawings of such prizes during mass advertising campaigns, as well as expenses for other types of advertising not specified in paragraphs two to four of this paragraph, carried out by him during the reporting (tax) period, for taxation purposes are recognized in the amount not exceeding 1 percent of the proceeds from sales, determined in accordance with Article 249 of this Code.

5. Standardization costs are the costs of work on the development of national standards included in the program for the development of national standards approved by the national body of the Russian Federation for standardization, as well as the costs of work on the development of regional standards, subject to the approval of the standards as national standards by the national body of the Russian Federation for standardization, registration of regional standards in the Federal Information Fund of technical regulations and standards in the manner prescribed by the legislation of the Russian Federation on technical regulation.

Standardization expenses are not recognized as expenses for the development of national and regional standards by organizations developing them as a performer (contractor or subcontractor).

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  • Article 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation. Other expenses associated with production and (or) sale

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    1. Other expenses related to production and sale include the following expenses of a taxpayer:

    1) the amounts of taxes and fees, customs duties and fees, insurance premiums for compulsory pension insurance, compulsory social insurance in case of temporary disability and in connection with motherhood, compulsory medical insurance, accrued in accordance with the procedure established by this Code, with the exception of those listed in article 270 of this Code;

    (as amended by the Federal Laws of July 27, 2010 N 229-FZ, of July 3, 2016 N 243-FZ, of November 27, 2017 N 335-FZ)

    2) the costs of certification of products and services, as well as declaration of conformity with the participation of a third party;

    (as amended by Federal Law No. 313-FZ of December 30, 2008)

    (Clause 2.1 was introduced by Federal Law No. 330-FZ of November 21, 2011)

    3) amounts of commission fees and other similar expenses for work performed by third parties (services provided);

    4) amounts of port and aerodrome dues, expenses for pilotage services and other similar expenses;

    5) the amount of the paid lifting allowance within the limits established in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation;

    ConsultantPlus: note.

    From 01.01.2020 in paragraphs. 6 p. 1 art. 264 changes are made ( FZ dated May 29, 2019 N 108-FZ). See the future edition.

    6) the costs of ensuring the fire safety of the taxpayer in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, the costs of maintaining the gas rescue service, the costs of property protection services, the maintenance of fire and security alarms, the costs of acquiring fire protection services and other services of security activities, including services provided by private security under the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, as well as the costs of maintaining their own security service to perform the functions of economic protection of banking and business operations and the safety of material assets (except for the costs of equipment, the purchase of weapons and other special means of protection);

    7) expenses for ensuring normal working conditions and safety measures provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation, expenses for civil defense in accordance with legislation the Russian Federation, as well as expenses for the treatment of occupational diseases of workers employed in work with harmful or difficult working conditions, expenses associated with the maintenance of premises and inventory of health centers located directly on the territory of the organization;

    (Item 7 as amended by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    8) expenses for recruitment of employees, including expenses for the services of specialized organizations for the selection of personnel;

    (as amended by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    9) expenses for the provision of services for warranty repairs and maintenance, including deductions to the reserve for future expenses for warranty repairs and warranty maintenance (subject to the provisions articles 267 of this Code);

    10) rental (leasing) payments for leased (accepted on lease) property (including land plots), as well as expenses for the acquisition of property transferred on lease. If the property received under lease agreement, is accounted for by the lessee, the following expenses are recognized in accordance with this subparagraph:

    (as amended by Federal Law No. 268-FZ of December 30, 2006)

    from the lessee - rental (leasing) payments minus the amount of depreciation on this property, accrued in accordance with - 259.2 of this Code;

    (as amended by Federal Law No. 158-FZ of July 22, 2008)

    from the lessor - expenses for the acquisition of property leased;

    (Clause 10 as amended by the Federal Law of 06.06.2005 N 58-FZ)

    10.1) fee paid by the concessionaire to the concessor during the period of use (operation) of the object of the concession agreement (concession fee);

    (Clause 10.1 was introduced by Federal Law No. 108-FZ of June 30, 2008)

    11) expenses for the maintenance of official transport (road, rail, air and other types of transport). Expenses for compensation for the use of personal cars and motorcycles for business trips within the limits established by the Government of the Russian Federation;

    (as amended by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    12) travel expenses, in particular for:

    travel of the employee to the place of business trip and back to the place of permanent work;

    rental of housing. Under this item of expenses, the employee's expenses for paying for additional services provided in hotels (with the exception of expenses for services in bars and restaurants, expenses for room service, expenses for the use of recreational and health facilities) are also subject to reimbursement;

    per diem or field allowance;

    (as amended by Federal Laws of 29.05.2002 N 57-FZ, of 22.07.2008 N 158-FZ)

    registration and issuance of visas, passports, vouchers, invitations and other similar documents;

    consular, airfield fees, fees for the right of entry, passage, transit of automobile and other transport, for the use of sea channels, other similar structures and other similar payments and fees;

    12.1) the cost of delivery from the place of residence (collection) to the place of work and back of employees employed in organizations that carry out their activities on a rotational basis or in the field (expeditionary) conditions. These expenses must be provided for by collective agreements;

    (Clause 12.1 was introduced by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    13) expenses for the diet of crews of sea, river and aircraft;

    (as amended by Federal Law No. 248-FZ of July 23, 2013)

    14) expenses for legal and information services;

    (Item 14 as amended by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    15) expenses for consulting and other similar services;

    (Item 15 as amended by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    16) payment to a public and (or) private notary for notarial registration. At the same time, such expenses are accepted within the limits of tariffs approved in the prescribed manner;

    17) expenses for audit services;

    (Item 17 as amended by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    18) expenses for the management of the organization or its individual divisions, as well as expenses for the acquisition of services for the management of the organization or its individual divisions;

    (Item 18 as amended by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    19) expenses for services for the provision of labor of employees (personnel) by third-party organizations for participation in production activities, including in production management, performance of other functions related to the production and (or) sale of products (works, services);

    (clause 19 as amended by the Federal Law of 05.05.2014 N 116-FZ)

    20) expenses for the publication of accounting (financial) statements, as well as the publication and other disclosure of other information, if the legislation of the Russian Federation imposes on the taxpayer the obligation to publish (disclose) them;

    (As amended by Federal Law No. 97-FZ of June 29, 2012)

    21) expenses associated with the submission of forms and information of state statistical observation, if the legislation of the Russian Federation imposes on the taxpayer the obligation to provide this information;

    22) entertainment expenses related to the official reception and maintenance of representatives of other organizations participating in negotiations in order to establish and maintain cooperation, in the manner prescribed paragraph 2 of this article;

    23) expenses for training and passing an independent qualification assessment for compliance with the qualification requirements of the taxpayer's employees in the manner prescribed by paragraph 3 of this article;

    (Item 23 as amended by Federal Law No. 169-FZ of July 18, 2017)

    24) expenses for stationery;

    25) expenses for postal, telephone, telegraph and other similar services, expenses for payment for communication services, computer centers and banks, including expenses for services of facsimile and satellite communications, e-mail, as well as information systems (SWIFT, information and telecommunication network "Internet "and other similar systems);

    (as amended by Federal Law No. 200-FZ of 11.07.2011)

    26) expenses associated with the acquisition of the right to use computer programs and databases under agreements with the right holder (under license and sublicense agreements). These expenses also include expenses for the acquisition of exclusive rights to computer programs worth less than the amount of the cost of depreciable property, determined paragraph 1 of article 256 of this Code;

    (clause 26 as amended by the Federal Law of 07.06.2011 N 132-FZ)

    27) expenses for current study (research) of market conditions, collection of information directly related to the production and sale of goods (works, services);

    (as amended by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    (as amended by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    29) contributions, contributions and other obligatory payments paid to non-commercial organizations, if the payment of such contributions, deposits and other obligatory payments is a condition for the implementation of activities by taxpayers - payers of such contributions, contributions or other obligatory payments;

    30) contributions paid to international organizations and organizations that provide payment systems and electronic information transmission systems, if the payment of such contributions is a mandatory condition for the implementation of activities by taxpayers - payers of such contributions or is a condition for the provision by an international organization of services necessary for the maintenance by the taxpayer - payer of such contributions specified activity;

    31) expenses associated with payment for services to third-party organizations for the maintenance and sale, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, of the objects of pledge and pledge for the time the said objects are with the pledgee after the transfer by the pledger;

    32) expenses for the maintenance of rotational and temporary camps, including all objects of housing and communal and social purposes, subsidiary farms and other similar services, in organizations operating on a rotational basis or working in field (forwarding) conditions. These expenses for taxation purposes are recognized within the limits for the maintenance of similar facilities and services approved by local governments at the place of activity of the taxpayer. If such standards are not approved by local governments, the taxpayer has the right to apply the procedure for determining the costs of maintaining these objects, which is in force for similar objects located in the given territory and subordinate to the said bodies;

    (Item 32 as amended by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    33) deductions from enterprises and organizations operating especially radiation hazardous and nuclear hazardous industries and facilities to form reserves designed to ensure the safety of these industries and facilities at all stages of their life cycle and development in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on the use of atomic energy and in the procedure established by the Government of the Russian Federation;

    (as amended by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    34) expenses for the preparation and development of new industries, workshops and units;

    35) costs associated with the introduction of production technologies, as well as methods of organizing production and management;

    (clause 35 as amended by the Federal Law of 07.06.2011 N 132-FZ)

    36) expenses for accounting services provided by third parties or individual entrepreneurs;

    (as amended by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    37) periodic (current) payments for the use of rights to the results of intellectual activity and rights to means of individualization (in particular, rights arising from patents for inventions, utility models, industrial designs);

    (clause 37 as amended by the Federal Law of November 23, 2015 N 322-FZ)

    38) expenses incurred by a taxpaying organization that employs the labor of disabled people in the form of funds directed towards the goals of ensuring social protection of disabled people, if disabled people make up at least 50 percent of the total number of employees of such a taxpayer and the share of expenses for remuneration of labor of disabled people in the cost of labor is at least 25 percent.

    (as amended by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    The goals of social protection of disabled people in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on the social protection of disabled people are:

    (as amended by the Federal Law of 06.06.2005 N 58-FZ)

    improvement of working conditions and labor protection for disabled people;

    creation and preservation of jobs for the disabled (purchase and installation of equipment, including the organization of work for home workers);

    (the paragraph was introduced by the Federal Law of 06.06.2005 N 58-FZ)

    training (including new professions and methods of work) and employment of disabled people;

    (the paragraph was introduced by the Federal Law of 06.06.2005 N 58-FZ)

    production and repair of prosthetic products;

    (the paragraph was introduced by the Federal Law of 06.06.2005 N 58-FZ)

    purchase and maintenance of technical rehabilitation equipment (including the purchase of guide dogs);

    (the paragraph was introduced by the Federal Law of 06.06.2005 N 58-FZ)

    sanatorium and resort services for the disabled, as well as for persons accompanying disabled people of group I and disabled children;

    (the paragraph was introduced by the Federal Law of 06.06.2005 N 58-FZ)

    protection of the rights and legitimate interests of persons with disabilities;

    (the paragraph was introduced by the Federal Law of 06.06.2005 N 58-FZ)

    measures for the integration of persons with disabilities into society (including cultural, sports and other similar events);

    (the paragraph was introduced by the Federal Law of 06.06.2005 N 58-FZ)

    providing disabled people with equal opportunities with other citizens (including transport services for persons accompanying disabled people of group I and disabled children);

    (the paragraph was introduced by the Federal Law of 06.06.2005 N 58-FZ)

    acquisition and distribution among the disabled of printed publications of public organizations of the disabled;

    (the paragraph was introduced by the Federal Law of 06.06.2005 N 58-FZ)

    purchase and distribution of video materials with subtitles or sign language translation among disabled people;

    (the paragraph was introduced by the Federal Law of 06.06.2005 N 58-FZ)

    contributions directed by these organizations to public organizations of the disabled for their maintenance.

    (the paragraph was introduced by the Federal Law of 06.06.2005 N 58-FZ)

    When determining the total number of persons with disabilities in average headcount employees do not include disabled people working part-time, work contracts and other civil law contracts;

    39) expenses of taxpayers - public organizations of the disabled, as well as taxpayers - institutions, the sole owners of whose property are public organizations of the disabled, in the form of funds directed to the implementation of the activities of these public organizations of the disabled and for the purposes specified in subparagraph 38 of this paragraph.

    Recipients of funds intended for the implementation of the activities of a public organization of the disabled and for the purpose of social protection of the disabled, at the end of the tax period, submit to the relevant tax authorities at the place of their registration a report on the intended use of the funds received.

    (as amended by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    In case of misuse of such funds from the moment when their recipient actually used such funds for other than their intended purpose (violated the conditions for providing these funds), such funds are recognized as income from the taxpayer who received these funds.

    The costs listed in subparagraph 38 of this paragraph and this subparagraph, cannot be included in the costs associated with the production and (or) sale of excisable goods, mineral raw materials, other minerals and other goods according to the list determined by the Government of the Russian Federation in agreement with all-Russian organizations of the disabled, as well as with provision of intermediary services related to the sale of such goods, minerals and minerals;

    (as amended by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    39.1) expenses of taxpayers-organizations, the authorized (share) capital of which consists entirely of the contribution of religious organizations, in the form of profits received from the sale of religious literature and religious items, provided that these amounts are transferred for the implementation of the statutory activities of these religious organizations;

    (Clause 39.1 was introduced by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    39.2) formation costs in the manner prescribed article 267.1 of this Code, reserves for future expenses for the purpose of social protection of persons with disabilities, provided for subparagraph 38 of this paragraph, which are carried out by a taxpayer - a public organization of the disabled, as well as a taxpayer - an organization that employs the labor of disabled people, if the disabled make up at least 50 percent of the total number of employees of such a taxpayer and the share of the costs of remuneration of the disabled in the costs of remuneration is at least 25 percent;

    (Item 39.2 was introduced by Federal Law No. 58-FZ of June 6, 2005)

    39.3) expenses for the formation in the manner prescribed article 267.2 of this Code, reserves for future expenses for scientific research and (or) experimental design;

    (Item 39.3 was introduced by Federal Law No. 132-FZ of 07.06.2011)

    40) payments for registration of rights to real estate and land, transactions with these objects, payments for providing information on registered rights, payment for services of authorized bodies and specialized organizations for property valuation, preparation of documents for cadastral and technical accounting (inventory) of real estate;

    41) expenses under civil law contracts (including work contracts) concluded with individual entrepreneurs who are not on the staff of the organization;

    42) expenses of taxpayers - agricultural organizations for the food of workers engaged in agricultural work;

    43) expenses for the replacement of defective printed periodicals that have lost their presentation during transportation and (or) sale and missing copies of printed periodicals in packages, but not more than 7 percent of the cost of the circulation of the corresponding issue of the printed periodical;

    44) losses in the form of the value of defective, lost marketable, as well as not sold within the time limits specified in this subparagraph (morally obsolete) media products and book products written off by taxpayers engaged in the production and release of media products and book products , within the limits of no more than 10 percent of the cost of the circulation of the corresponding number of the periodical printed edition or the corresponding circulation of book products, as well as the costs of writing off and disposing of defective, out-of-sale and unsold media products and book products.

    An expense is recognized as the cost of mass media products and book products not sold within the following periods:

    for printed periodicals - within the period until the next issue of the corresponding printed periodical is published;

    for books and other non-periodical publications - within 24 months after their publication;

    45) contributions for compulsory social insurance against industrial accidents and occupational diseases, made in accordance with legislation Russian Federation;

    46) taxpayer contributions made to ensure the supervisory activities of specialized institutions provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation in order to monitor compliance by such taxpayers with the relevant requirements and conditions, as well as taxpayer contributions to reserves created in accordance with legislation the Russian Federation, regulating activities in the field of communications;

    47) losses from marriage;

    (Item 47 was introduced by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    48) expenses associated with the maintenance of premises of public catering facilities serving labor collectives (including the amount of accrued depreciation, expenses for the repair of premises, expenses for lighting, heating, water supply, electricity, as well as fuel for cooking), if such expenses are not taken into account in accordance with article 275.1 of this Code;

    (Item 48 was introduced by Federal Law No. 57-F of May 29, 2002, as amended by Federal Law No. 58-FZ of June 6, 2005)

    48.1) the employer's expenses for the payment in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation of temporary disability benefits (with the exception of accidents at work and occupational diseases) for the days of temporary disability of the employee, which are paid at the expense of the employer and the number of which is established by the Federal Law of December 29, 2006 N 255-FZ "On compulsory social insurance in case of temporary disability and in connection with motherhood", in part not covered by insurance payments made to employees by insurance organizations that have licenses issued in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation to carry out the corresponding type of activity, according to contracts with employers in favor of employees in case of their temporary incapacity for work (with the exception of accidents at work and occupational diseases) for days of temporary incapacity for work, which are paid at the expense of the employer and the terms of which are established by the Federal Law of December 29, 2006 N 255-FZ "On Compulsory Social Insurance in Case of Temporary Disability and in Connection with Motherhood";

    (clause 48.1 as amended by the Federal Law of December 28, 2010 N 395-FZ)

    48.2) payments (contributions) of employers under voluntary personal insurance contracts concluded with insurance organizations that have licenses issued in accordance with legislation of the Russian Federation for the implementation of the relevant type of activity, in favor of employees in case of their temporary disability (with the exception of accidents at work and occupational diseases) for days of temporary disability, which are paid at the expense of the employer and the number of which is established by Federal Law of December 29, 2006 N 255-FZ "On compulsory social insurance in case of temporary disability and in connection with motherhood". The specified payments (contributions) are included in expenses if the amount of insurance payment under such contracts does not exceed the amount of temporary disability benefits determined in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation (except for accidents at work and occupational diseases) for days of temporary disability of the employee, which are paid at the expense of the employer and the number of which is established by the Federal Law of December 29, 2006 N 255-FZ "On Compulsory Social Insurance in Case of Temporary Disability and in Connection with Motherhood". At the same time, the total amount of these payments (contributions) of employers and contributions specified in paragraph ten of clause 16 of part two of Article 255 of this Code, is included in the composition of expenses in the amount not exceeding 3 percent of the amount of labor costs;

    (clause 48.2 as amended by the Federal Law of December 28, 2010 N 395-FZ)

    48.3) expenses of taxpayers related to the free provision of air time and (or) print space in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on elections and referendums;

    (Item 48.3 was introduced by Federal Law No. 161-FZ of July 17, 2009)

    (Item 48.4 was introduced by Federal Law No. 235-FZ of July 18, 2011)

    48.5) the expenses of the taxpayer, in favor of which the right to use a subsoil plot is transferred in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, in the form of compensation for the costs of developing natural resources previously incurred by the previous owner of a license to use this subsoil plot for the purpose of acquiring it, in the amount of the taxpayer's actual costs;

    (Item 48.5 was introduced by Federal Law No. 268-FZ of September 30, 2013)

    48.6) the amounts of entrance and guarantee contributions of non-state pension funds, guarantee contributions of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation paid to the pension savings guarantee fund in accordance with Federal Law No. Federation in the formation and investment of pension savings, the establishment and implementation of payments from pension savings";

    (Item 48.6 was introduced by Federal Law No. 167-FZ of June 23, 2014)

    48.7) expenses associated with the provision of property (works, services) free of charge to state authorities or local governments, state and municipal institutions, state and municipal unitary enterprises in cases where this duty of the taxpayer is established by the legislation of the Russian Federation;

    article 7.7 of the Law of the Russian Federation of April 15, 1993 N 4802-1 "On the status of the capital of the Russian Federation", for the acquisition (creation) of real estate objects within the framework of the housing renovation program in the city of Moscow, with the exception of expenses incurred as part of targeted financing and target income in accordance with subparagraph 14 of paragraph 1 And paragraph 2 of Article 251 of this Code. These expenses are recognized for taxation purposes as of the date of transfer of real estate objects owned by the said organization to the city of Moscow in connection with the implementation of the housing renovation program in the city of Moscow;

    (Item 48.10 was introduced by Federal Law No. 352-FZ of November 27, 2017)

    49) other expenses related to production and (or) sale.

    2. Representation expenses include the taxpayer's expenses for the official reception and (or) service of representatives of other organizations participating in negotiations in order to establish and (or) maintain mutual cooperation, as well as participants who arrived at meetings of the board of directors (management board) or other governing body taxpayer, regardless of the location of the said events. Representation expenses include expenses for holding an official reception (breakfast, lunch or other similar event) for these persons, as well as officials of the taxpaying organization participating in the negotiations, transport support for the delivery of these persons to the venue of the representative event and (or) meeting of the governing body and vice versa, buffet service during negotiations, payment for the services of translators who are not on the staff of the taxpayer to provide translation during representational events.

    (as amended by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    Hospitality expenses do not include expenses for the organization of entertainment, recreation, prevention or treatment of diseases.

    Representation expenses during the reporting (tax) period are included in other expenses in the amount not exceeding 4 percent of the taxpayer's labor costs for this reporting (tax) period.

    3. The taxpayer's expenses for training in basic professional educational programs, major programs vocational training and additional professional programs, passing an independent qualification assessment for compliance with the qualification requirements of the taxpayer's employees are included in other expenses if:

    1) training in basic vocational educational programs, basic vocational training programs and additional professional programs is carried out on the basis of an agreement with a Russian educational organization, a scientific organization or a foreign educational organization that has the right to conduct educational activities, undergo an independent assessment of qualifications for compliance with the qualification requirements of an employee the taxpayer is carried out on the basis of a contract for the provision of services for an independent assessment of qualifications for compliance with qualification requirements in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation;

    2) training in basic vocational educational programs, basic vocational training programs and additional professional programs is carried out by employees of the taxpayer who have concluded employment contracts with the taxpayer, or individuals who have entered into contracts with the taxpayer that provide for the obligation of an individual not later than three months after the end of the specified training, paid for taxpayer, conclude an employment contract with him and work with the taxpayer for at least one year, an independent assessment of qualifications for compliance with qualification requirements in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation is carried out by the taxpayer's employees who have concluded an employment contract with him.

    If the employment contract between the specified individual and the taxpayer was terminated before the expiration of one year from the date of its commencement, with the exception of cases of termination of the employment contract due to circumstances beyond the control of the parties (Article 83 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation), the taxpayer is obliged to include in non-operating income of the reporting (tax) period in which this employment contract terminated, the amount of payment for the specified training of the relevant individual, previously taken into account when calculating the tax base. In the event that an employment contract between an individual and a taxpayer was not concluded three months after the end of training paid by the taxpayer, these expenses are also included in non-operating income of the reporting (tax) period in which this term for concluding an employment contract expired.

    The taxpayer is obliged to keep documents confirming the costs of training for the entire duration of the relevant training agreement and one year of work of an individual whose training was paid for by the taxpayer in accordance with the employment contract concluded with the taxpayer, but not less than four years.

    The taxpayer is obliged to keep documents confirming the costs of an employee undergoing an independent qualification assessment for compliance with qualification requirements, during the entire term of the contract for the provision of services for an independent qualification assessment for compliance with qualification requirements and one year of work of an individual, passing an independent qualification assessment for compliance whose qualification requirements were paid by the taxpayer in accordance with the employment contract concluded with the taxpayer, but not less than four years.

    ConsultantPlus: note.

    From January 1, 2023, the Federal law dated 18.07.2017 N 169-FZ paragraph seven of paragraph 3 of article 264 is recognized as invalid.

    Education expenses also include taxpayer expenses incurred on the basis of agreements on the network form of implementation of educational programs concluded in accordance with Federal Law No. 273-FZ of December 29, 2012 "On Education in the Russian Federation" with educational organizations, in particular, expenses for maintenance of the premises and equipment of the taxpayer used for training, wages, the cost of property transferred to ensure the training process, and other expenses under these agreements. Such expenses are recognized in the tax period in which they were incurred, provided that in this tax period at least one of the students who graduated from these educational organizations entered into an employment contract with the taxpayer for a period of at least one year.

    Expenses related to the organization of entertainment, recreation or treatment are not recognized as expenses for the training of employees of the taxpayer or individuals provided for in this paragraph.

    (Clause 3 as amended by Federal Law No. 169-FZ of July 18, 2017)

    (as amended by Federal Law No. 215-FZ of July 23, 2013)

    (as amended by the Federal Laws of 29.05.2002 N 57-FZ, of 06.06.2005 N 58-FZ)

    (as amended by Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002)

    5. Standardization costs are the costs of work on the development of national standards included in the program for the development of national standards approved by the national body of the Russian Federation for standardization, as well as the costs of work on the development of regional standards, subject to the approval of the standards as national standards by the national body of the Russian Federation for standardization, registration of regional standards in the Federal Information Fund of technical regulations and standards in the manner prescribed by the legislation of the Russian Federation on technical regulation.

    Standardization expenses are not recognized as expenses for the development of national and regional standards by organizations developing them as a performer (contractor or subcontractor).

    In accordance with paragraphs. 22 p. 1 art. 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, other expenses associated with production and (or) sales include hospitality expenses.

    According to paragraph 2 of Art. 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, hospitality expenses include the taxpayer's expenses for the official reception and (or) service of representatives of other organizations participating in negotiations in order to establish and (or) maintain mutual cooperation, as well as participants who arrived at meetings of the board of directors (management board) or other managerial body of the taxpayer, regardless of the location of the said events, including:

    Expenses for holding an official reception (breakfast, lunch or other similar event) for these persons, as well as officials of the taxpaying organization participating in the negotiations;

    Transport support for the delivery of these persons to the venue of the representative event and (or) the meeting of the governing body and back;

    Buffet service during negotiations;

    Payment for the services of interpreters who are not on the staff of the taxpayer to provide translation during representational events.

    Note! If only employees of the organization take part in the event, then the costs of holding such an event cannot be taken into account when calculating income tax as representation.

    For example, an enterprise with many branches gathers employees of these branches for a production meeting. The costs of holding such an event are not representative (Resolution of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the East Siberian District of August 11, 2006 N A33-26560 / 04-S3-F02-3935 / 06-S1, A33-26560 / 04-S3-F02-4272 / 06- C1).

    Note! Tax legislation specifically allocates expenses that cannot be classified as representation.

    In accordance with paragraph 2 of Art. 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, hospitality expenses do not include expenses for the organization of entertainment, recreation, prevention and treatment of diseases.

    In accounting, hospitality expenses are recorded as part of expenses for ordinary activities (debit of accounts 20 "Main production", 26 "General expenses", 44 "Sales expenses") in the amount of actually incurred costs (without any rationing).

    For the recognition of hospitality expenses for the purposes of taxation of profits, it is necessary that they meet the requirements of paragraph 1 of Art. 252 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, i.e. were justified, documented and related to the implementation of activities aimed at generating income.

    In this regard, in practice, quite often the tax authorities insist on the unlawfulness of accounting for the purposes of taxation of the expenses incurred related to the official reception, if specific results were not achieved as a result of the negotiations.

    However, the achievement of concrete results is not a necessary condition for the inclusion of hospitality expenses in the composition of expenses that reduce the tax base for income tax. The main thing is to prove that the topic of negotiations was related to the activities of the organization aimed at generating income.

    This is the approach taken by the courts when considering such disputes. So, for example, the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Urals District pointed out that the tax inspectorate’s reference to the absence of a connection between the disputed costs and specific income is unlawful, since, given the nature of management costs, they cannot be associated with a certain income, such as material ones, then there is enough that they are, in principle, in the appropriate size (Decree of 17.06.2004 N Ф09-2441 / 04-AK).

    Representation expenses during the reporting (tax) period are included in other expenses in the amount not exceeding 4% of the amount of the organization's expenses for wages for this reporting (tax) period.

    Thus, in order to determine the maximum amount of entertainment expenses, it is necessary to correctly calculate the amount of labor costs.

    For the purpose of taxation of profits, the composition of labor costs includes payments named in Art. 255 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation.

    When determining the norm of hospitality expenses, labor costs accrued in this reporting (tax) period are taken into account.

    For organizations that determine income and expenses on an accrual basis, hospitality expenses are classified as indirect expenses (clause 1, article 318 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation). That is, the amount of representation expenses incurred in the reporting (tax) period, in full (within the calculated standard) refers to the expenses of the current reporting (tax) period.

    In accordance with paragraphs. 5 p. 7 art. 272 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, the date of payment of hospitality expenses is the date of approval of the advance report.

    In the event that an organization determines income and expenses on a cash basis, entertainment expenses are recognized only after they are actually paid (Article 273 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation).

    Documentary confirmation

    In accordance with paragraph 1 of Art. 9 of the Law on Accounting, all business transactions carried out by the organization must be documented by supporting documents. These documents serve as primary accounting documents on the basis of which accounting is maintained.

    For income tax purposes, in accordance with Art. 252 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, all expenses must be documented.

    Accordingly, the inclusion of hospitality expenses in the organization's expenses, both in accounting and in tax accounting, is possible only if primary accounting documents are available.

    To begin with, the organization should draw up an estimate of hospitality expenses for the current year. This estimate can be approved at a general meeting of participants (shareholders) of the organization or the head of the organization.

    In addition, internal organizational and administrative documents should be issued (for example, this may be a provision on holding representative events, approved by order of the head of the organization), which may reflect the following points:

    The procedure for issuing accountable amounts for hospitality expenses;

    The procedure for spending funds on entertainment expenses;

    The procedure for documenting hospitality expenses;

    The procedure for exercising control over spending and writing off funds for entertainment expenses;

    Rationing of certain types of hospitality expenses (for example, an organization may set limits on expenses per person when holding hospitality events in a restaurant).

    In the future, the decision to hold each specific representative event must be accompanied by the execution of the following documents:

    The order of the head of the event and the appointment of a person responsible for its implementation. This order also reflects the purpose of the event;

    The program of the business meeting indicating the date, place and timing of the event, last name, first name, patronymic of the participants on the part of the host organization and on the part of the invitees and their positions, the approved estimate of entertainment expenses.

    On the basis of these documents, money is issued under the report.

    After each event, the person responsible for its implementation draws up and submits to the accounting department documents confirming both the fact of the event itself and the amount of actual expenses for its implementation.

    These documents include:

    Report on the meeting (list of issues under consideration, agreements reached, etc.);

    Expense report, to which documents are attached confirming the actual expenses incurred.

    Representation expenses can be confirmed by the following documents:

    Accounts of catering establishments;

    Sales receipts;

    KKT checks;

    Documents confirming the payment of transportation costs;

    Documents confirming payment for the services of an interpreter;

    Waybills, trade and purchasing acts, etc.

    Letter No. 20-12/034115 dated April 12, 2007 of the Federal Tax Service for Moscow states that the report on hospitality expenses drawn up after specific hospitality events should contain the following information:

    The purpose of the event and the results of its implementation;

    Date and place of the event;

    Program of the event;

    The composition of the invited delegations;

    Host Members;

    The amount of expenses for entertainment purposes.

    Note that the preparation of such reports, of course, is not a mandatory requirement, but their presence guarantees the absence of claims from the tax authorities. So, for example, from the Letter of the Federal Tax Service for Moscow dated December 22, 2006 N 21-11 / [email protected] it follows that in the absence of the names of the persons participating in the event in the report, the expenses incurred cannot be taken into account for the purpose of profit taxation.

    At the same time, arbitration practice shows that the absence in the report of any of the information listed above cannot serve as a basis for refusing to accept the expenses incurred. For example, the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Urals District (Resolution N F09-3872/05-S7 dated 07.09.2005) came to the conclusion that tax legislation does not require mandatory inclusion in the list of documents confirming the implementation of hospitality expenses, a list of names of representatives of organizations participating in negotiations and business meeting programs.

    By virtue of paragraph 2 of Art. 9 of the Law on Accounting, primary accounting documents are accepted for accounting if they are drawn up in the form contained in the albums of unified forms of primary accounting documentation, and documents whose form is not provided for in these albums must contain the following mandatory details:

    a) the name of the document;

    b) the date of preparation of the document;

    c) the name of the organization on behalf of which the document is drawn up;

    e) measuring instruments of economic transactions in physical and monetary terms;

    f) the names of the positions of persons responsible for the business transaction and the correctness of its execution;

    g) personal signatures of the said persons.

    Thus, the primary documents confirming the representation expenses incurred must contain all the necessary details listed above.

    In the absence of supporting documents or in the absence of any mandatory details in the available documents, the tax authorities will most likely insist on the impossibility of accounting for the relevant expenses for profit taxation purposes (see Letter of the Federal Tax Service for Moscow dated December 23, 2005 N 20-12 / 95338).

    Expenses for holding an official reception, buffet service

    Representative events can be held both on the territory of the organization itself, and in some other place, for example, in a cafe, restaurant, club, etc.

    When holding an event on the territory of the organization, hospitality expenses may include not only the cost of purchasing food, but also the cost of purchasing disposable tableware (Letter of the Federal Tax Service for Moscow dated 06.10.2006 N 2012/89121.2), paper napkins, tablecloths and etc.

    As a rule, all this is purchased by accountable persons for cash. Therefore, in order to document such expenses, the organization must have advance reports with cash and sales receipts attached to them.

    If the event is held on the side (for example, in a restaurant), then the invoice and cash receipt will serve as documentary evidence of expenses.

    But the inclusion of the cost of renting a restaurant in hospitality expenses can lead to a dispute with the tax authority, since tax authorities, as a rule, insist that the list of entertainment expenses given in paragraph 2 of Art. 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, is closed. Expenses that are not named in it cannot be taken into account for tax purposes.

    Judges generally do not support such a "narrow" approach by the tax authorities. So, for example, the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Moscow District agreed that the cost of renting a restaurant for an official reception can be attributed to entertainment expenses on the basis of paragraph 2 of Art. 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation (Resolution of September 12, 2005 N KA-A40 / 8426-05).

    However, hospitality expenses should be distinguished from entertainment and recreational expenses.

    Here is the real situation. The organization rented a banquet hall for official negotiations. In this banquet hall there were bowling lanes. The organization did not use bowling lanes, but paid for their rent, since one of the conditions for renting this banquet hall was the rent of bowling lanes.

    According to the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the North-Western District (Resolution No. A56-3124/2005 of October 27, 2005), the expenses for renting bowling lanes are related to the expenses for organizing entertainment and recreation and, accordingly, cannot be attributed to hospitality expenses.

    Expenses for alcohol

    Special attention should be paid to the question of the possibility of classifying the costs of purchasing alcoholic beverages consumed during an official reception as entertainment expenses.

    For a number of years, the tax authorities have unequivocally stated that such expenses do not apply to representation expenses, since they are not named in paragraph 2 of Art. 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation.

    However, recently, including under the influence of the established arbitration practice, the position of the controlling departments has changed.

    The Ministry of Finance of Russia, in Letter No. 03-03-04/4/136 dated 16.08.2006, explained that the organization's expenses for alcoholic products during an official reception may be included in hospitality expenses if they meet the criteria of paragraph 1 of Art. 252 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation.

    Arbitration courts, in the event of disputes regarding the possibility of classifying expenses for the purchase of alcoholic beverages for an official reception as entertainment expenses, also support taxpayers (Resolutions of the Federal Antimonopoly Service

    Volga District dated 02/01/2005 N A57-1209 / 04-16, FAS North-Western District dated 05/12/2005

    N A56-24907/04).

    Travel and accommodation expenses for event participants

    According to paragraph 2 of Art. 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, hospitality expenses include the organization's expenses for the official reception and (or) servicing of representatives of other organizations participating in negotiations in order to establish and (or) maintain mutual cooperation, as well as participants who arrived at meetings of the board of directors (management board) or other managerial body of the taxpayer, regardless of the location of the said events.

    Relevant for many organizations is the question of the possibility of classifying as entertainment expenses the costs of paying for accommodation (hotel services) for representatives of third-party organizations who arrived to participate in official events.

    The tax authorities, when answering this question, use their standard argument. These expenses are not named in paragraph 2 of Art. 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, therefore, they cannot reduce the tax base for income tax (see Letters of the Ministry of Finance of Russia of 16.04.2007 N 03-03-06 / 1/235, the Federal Tax Service of Russia of 04.18.2007 N 04-1-02 / [email protected], Federal Tax Service for Moscow dated 12.04.2007 N 20-12 / 034115).

    However, arbitration courts, when disputes arise on this issue, as a rule, hold the opposite opinion.

    So, for example, the FAS of the West Siberian District came to the conclusion that "the concept of" service "in the sense of paragraph 2 of article 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation has a wide range, which, in accordance with the provisions of article 11 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, can include, among other things, provision housing as a normal existence of a person who arrived from another locality" (Resolution dated March 1, 2007 N F04-9370 / 2006 (30552-A81-27)).

    The courts of other districts also come to the conclusion that the content of Art. 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation allows organizations to take into account hospitality expenses for representatives of other organizations participating in official events (Resolutions of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Moscow District of December 23, 2004 N KA-A40 / 12097-04, FAS of the North-Western District of May 17, 2004 N A56-21571/03).

    Paragraph 2 of Art. 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, it is established that entertainment expenses include transport support for the delivery of officials participating in negotiations to the venue of the entertainment event and (or) meeting of the governing body and back.

    According to the tax authorities, this clause does not cover the payment of the cost of travel for negotiators from other cities or countries to the city where the official event will take place (see Letter of the Federal Tax Service for Moscow dated 14.07.2006 N 28-11 / 62271).

    According to the tax authorities, on the basis of this provision, entertainment expenses include only payment for the travel of arrived invited persons to the venue of the official event, for example, from the location of the host organization or from the hotel.

    Thus, the inclusion of travel expenses for participants from other cities (countries) to the city where the entertainment event is held will lead to a dispute with the tax authority. At the same time, an analysis of judicial practice shows that judges do not support the tax authorities in this matter (Resolution of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Volga District dated August 31, 2006 N A65-18519 / 2005-SA2-22).

    Keep in mind. If your organization still bears the cost of travel and accommodation for representatives of other organizations who came to negotiate, the problem may arise not only taking into account these expenses for income tax purposes.

    The tax authorities regard the payment of such expenses as payments to individuals. Accordingly, they insist that the cost of travel and accommodation should be included in the income of the relevant individuals, which is subject to personal income tax in accordance with the generally established procedure (Letters of the Federal Tax Service of Russia dated 18.04.2007 N 04-1-02 / [email protected], Federal Tax Service for Moscow dated July 14, 2006 N 28-11 / 62271).

    Flowers and gifts

    A common situation is when partners who come to negotiate are given some gifts - flowers, stationery, boxes of chocolates, etc. Flowers can decorate the meeting room.

    Tax authorities generally object to accounting for such costs for income tax purposes. So, for example, in the Letter of the Ministry of Finance of Russia dated 16.08.2006 N 03-03-04/4/136 it is stated that the cost of purchasing souvenirs for business partners cannot be taken into account for tax purposes as part of entertainment expenses.

    At the same time, representatives of the Ministry of Finance of Russia admit the possibility of accounting for the cost of souvenirs with the organization’s symbols as part of hospitality expenses,

    handed over during the official reception in accordance with the custom of business turnover to representatives of counterparty organizations (Letter dated 16.08.2004 N 02-5-10 / 51).

    Accordingly, it is likely that the court will have to prove the legitimacy of including such expenses in representation expenses. And the jurisprudence on this issue is currently ambiguous.

    In some cases, the courts consider that these expenses are subject to inclusion in hospitality expenses (Resolutions of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the West Siberian District of May 11, 2006 N F04-2610 / 2006 (22165-A46-40), the Volga District of February 1, 2005 N A57-1209 /04-16).

    However, in other cases, the judges take the following position: the composition of entertainment expenses is indeed unlimited, however, the taxpayer is obliged to prove the economic feasibility of the expenses for the purchase of flowers, and if he cannot do this, these expenses cannot be attributed to representation (Resolution of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Volgo-Vyatsky district of March 15, 2006 N A29-1822 / 2005a).

    other expenses

    Quite often there are situations when it is difficult to determine whether the costs of certain events are hospitality expenses or not.

    For example, official events - business negotiations are held for several days. The organization pays for breakfasts, lunches and dinners, which are not of an official nature, for representatives of third-party organizations.

    The Ministry of Finance of Russia in its Letter dated 05.04.2005 N 03-03-01-04/1/157 explained that the expenses for breakfasts, lunches and dinners that are not of an official nature should be paid by representatives of the delegations who arrived for negotiations at the expense of daily allowances, paid when sending employees, or at their own expense.

    Another controversial issue. Paragraph 2 of Art. 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, it is established that hospitality expenses include the costs of receiving and servicing:

    Representatives of other organizations participating in the negotiations;

    Participants who arrived at a meeting of the board of directors (management board) or other governing body.

    However, in practice, organizations often incur expenses for the reception of other persons, such as members of the audit committee.

    Is the organization entitled to attribute the costs of receiving and serving such persons to representation?

    The tax authorities give a negative answer. First of all, they refer to paragraph 1 of Art. 252 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, namely, that any costs are recognized as expenses, provided that they are made to carry out activities aimed at generating income. And in the situation under consideration, there is no connection with activities aimed at generating income.

    In addition, the members of the Audit Commission do not belong to the governing body.

    It should also be taken into account that the position of the tax authorities is that the list of entertainment expenses given in paragraph 2 of Art. 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation is exhaustive, accordingly, everything that is not mentioned in it does not apply to hospitality expenses taken into account for profit tax purposes.

    In particular, according to the tax authorities, the following do not apply to representation expenses:

    Expenses for issuing visas for foreign partners (Letter of the UMNS for Moscow dated February 13, 2002 N 26-12 / 6751);

    Expenses for registration of premises for an official reception (Letter of the UMNS for Moscow dated January 22, 2004 N 26-08 / 4777);

    The cost of paying for the rent of the premises in which the official reception is held (Letter of the Ministry of Finance of Russia dated 12.03.2003 N 04-02-03 / 29);

    Costs of holding an informal meeting (in a cafe) with potential partners (suppliers), organized by an employee of the organization who is on a business trip in the city of residence of these partners (Letter of the Federal Tax Service for Moscow dated May 16, 2006 N 20-12 / 41851);

    Expenses for receiving and servicing clients - individuals (Letter of the Ministry of Finance of Russia dated November 24, 2005 N 03-03-04 / 2/119).

    However, this position of the tax authorities is successfully challenged by taxpayers in courts.

    The courts, as a rule, agree that the list of hospitality expenses is not closed, and when resolving the issue of classifying expenses as hospitality, first of all, one should proceed from their economic justification (see, for example, the Decree of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Volga-Vyatka District dated March 15 .2006 N A29-1822/2005a).

    personal income tax and unified social tax

    When holding an official event, the organization incurs entertainment expenses, in particular, for transport services for invited persons, pays for meals, etc.

    In this regard, the question arises: is this the income of invited persons received in kind, and is it subject to personal income tax?

    The tax authorities, in response to private questions, explain that in accordance with paragraph 3 of Art. 217 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, all types of compensation payments established by the current legislation of the Russian Federation, legislative acts of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, decisions of representative bodies of local self-government of compensation payments (within the limits established in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation) related to performance by the taxpayer of labor duties.

    The amounts of representation expenses that the organization incurs within the limits established by law (clause 22 clause 1 article 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation) refer to compensation payments related to the performance of labor duties and are not subject to inclusion in the taxable income of individuals in accordance with clause 3 art. 217 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation.

    In some cases, this conclusion is also supported by arbitration courts (Resolutions of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Volga District of March 16, 2006 N A72-5629 / 05-6 / 435, A72-5959 / 05-6 / 450, of the Ural District of May 16, 2006 N F09-2876 / 06-C2).

    However, in our opinion, the approach here should be quite different. Representation expenses are inherently expenses of the organization (in the interests of the organization) and therefore cannot be recognized as payments in favor of individuals, regardless of whether they were made within the limits established by paragraph 2 of Art. 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, or exceed the established limit.

    Note that this logic is understood by the judges (Resolutions of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Central District of August 18, 2004 N A64-1002 / 04-13, the Volga District of April 10, 2007 N A72-7503 / 06-7 / 283 and of November 24, 2005 N A65 -3726/2005-CA1-37).

    In accordance with paragraph 1 of Art. 236 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, payments and other remuneration accrued by taxpayers in favor of individuals under labor and civil law contracts, the subject of which is the performance of work, the provision of services (with the exception of remuneration paid to individual entrepreneurs), as well as for copyright agreements.

    Representation expenses are not payments and other remuneration accrued in favor of individuals under labor and civil law contracts and included in the wage fund, but are other expenses associated with the production and (or) sale of products, and therefore are not subject to UST taxation (see Letter of the Federal Tax Service of Russia for Moscow dated December 22, 2006 N 21-11 / [email protected]).

    This conclusion is fully confirmed by arbitration practice (Resolution of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the North Caucasus District dated April 28, 2006 N F08-1641 / 2006-682A).

    value added tax

    In accordance with paragraph 7 of Art. 171 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, tax amounts paid on representation expenses included in expenses when calculating corporate income tax are subject to deductions.

    Since entertainment expenses in accordance with paragraph 2 of Art. 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation are taken into account for tax purposes in accordance with the standards established by this paragraph, the amounts of VAT on such expenses are deductible in the amount corresponding to the established standards.

  • Do you think you are Russian? Born in the USSR and think that you are Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian? No. This is wrong.

    You are actually Russian, Ukrainian or Belarusian. But you think you are a Jew.

    Game? Wrong word. The correct word is "imprinting".

    A newborn associates himself with those facial features that he observes immediately after birth. This natural mechanism is characteristic of most living beings with vision.

    Newborns in the USSR for the first few days saw their mother for a minimum of feeding time, and most of the time they saw the faces of the maternity hospital staff. By a strange coincidence, they were (and still are) mostly Jewish. Reception is wild in its essence and effectiveness.

    All your childhood you wondered why you live surrounded by non-native people. Rare Jews on your path could do anything with you, because you were drawn to them, while others were repelled. Yes, even now they can.

    You cannot fix this - imprinting is one-time and for life. It is difficult to understand, the instinct took shape when you were still very far from being able to formulate. From that moment, no words or details have been preserved. Only facial features remained in the depths of memory. Those traits that you consider your family.

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    System and Observer

    Let us define a system as an object whose existence is not in doubt.

    An observer of a system is an object that is not a part of the system it observes, that is, it determines its existence, including through factors independent of the system.

    From the point of view of the system, the observer is a source of chaos - both control actions and the consequences of observational measurements that do not have a causal relationship with the system.

    An internal observer is a potentially achievable object for the system in relation to which the inversion of the observation and control channels is possible.

    An external observer is even an object potentially unattainable for the system, located beyond the event horizon of the system (spatial and temporal).

    Hypothesis #1. All-seeing eye

    Let's assume that our universe is a system and it has an external observer. Then observational measurements can take place, for example, with the help of "gravitational radiation" penetrating the universe from all sides from the outside. The capture cross section of "gravitational radiation" is proportional to the mass of the object, and the projection of the "shadow" from this capture onto another object is perceived as an attractive force. It will be proportional to the product of the masses of objects and inversely proportional to the distance between them, which determines the density of the "shadow".

    The capture of "gravitational radiation" by an object increases its randomness and is perceived by us as a passage of time. An object that is opaque to "gravitational radiation", the capture cross section of which is larger than the geometric size, looks like a black hole inside the universe.

    Hypothesis #2. Internal Observer

    It is possible that our universe is watching itself. For example, using pairs of quantum entangled particles spaced apart in space as standards. Then the space between them is saturated with the probability of the existence of the process that generated these particles, which reaches its maximum density at the intersection of the trajectories of these particles. The existence of these particles also means the absence of a sufficiently large capture cross section on the trajectories of objects capable of absorbing these particles. The remaining assumptions remain the same as for the first hypothesis, except:

    Time flow

    External observation of an object approaching the event horizon of a black hole, if the “outside observer” is the determining factor of time in the universe, will slow down exactly twice - the shadow from the black hole will block exactly half of the possible trajectories of “gravitational radiation”. If the determining factor is the "internal observer", then the shadow will block the entire trajectory of interaction and the flow of time for an object falling into a black hole will completely stop for a view from the outside.

    Also, the possibility of combining these hypotheses in one proportion or another is not excluded.