LinkedIn will pay “Google tax”

The LinkedIn business social network, blocked by the court on the complaint of Roskomnadzor, registered with the Federal Tax Service and will pay VAT from its paid services.

The LinkedIn social network, blocked in the territory of the Russian Federation, was registered in the Federal Tax Service (Federal Tax Service) as a taxpayer. Thus, she expressed his readiness to pay 18% of VAT with the Russian Internet services provided by Russians. The FTS list already has 128 foreign Internet companies. All of them will begin to pay taxes in Russia quarterly starting on April 25. These are among other Google, Amazon, Apple, Alibaba, Netflix, Godaddy, Microsoft, etc.

Despite the fact that LinkedIn refused to transfer Russian users to transfer the data of the Russian Federation, which is why she still remains blocked in Russia, she decided to register in the Federal Tax Service, and previously promised to leave the Russian-speaking interface, despite the blocking. The press service of the business social network declares:

“LinkedIn will continue to be available in Russian, and we hope that we can restore the service in Russia in the future. We are disappointed with the actions of Roskomnadzor to block LinkedIn, as it deprives access to our services for users in Russia. We believe that we observe all applicable laws. But, despite the negotiations with Roskomnadzor, we could not achieve an understanding that would remove the lock. ”

LinkedIn social network was bought by Microsoft, which also registered in the Federal Tax Service. The fate of LinkedIn in Russia did not comment on the press service of Microsoft.

“Google tax”, which provides for the payment of VAT by foreign companies from sales of their electronic services, was adopted last summer. The Federal Tax Service launched the service for paying the “Google tax on January 1, 2017 - the tax service announced its creation immediately after signing the bill by President Putin. As experts warned, the introduction of VAT on the services of foreign companies was primarily affected by Russian consumers - its payment ultimately fell on them.

According to the chief analyst of the Russian Association of Electronic Communications (RAEC), Karen Ghazaryan, since LinkedIn has been owned by Microsoft since last summer, the social network will return to Russia: “Microsoft knows how to conduct a dialogue and negotiate with the Russian authorities.”

The LinkedIn social business network has been blocked in Russia since November 2016. This was done by a court decision, which admitted that the social network violated the requirements of the law on the storage of personal data of Russians only in Russia.

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