Tax incentives for innovative companies
Grants and other support measures are available for your business:
Income tax free
No VAT
Reduced insurance premiums (7.6% instead of 30%)
And other benefits on legal grounds
Tax optimization
Legal tax optimization — an effective way to support your business
Our expertise
We assist businesses on a completely legal basis in finding and implementing an efficient taxation procedure based on the maximum possible use of tax exemptions, deductions and exemptions provided by the law in order to reduce tax amounts.
Who we work with
Preferential regimes and support measures are available for businesses with research and development, R&D and IT technologies, i.e. virtually all promising areas and activities.
Traditional businesses that carry out their own or commissioned research and R&D are also eligible to apply the exemption as innovative companies.
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In order to receive detailed instructions on which benefits your company is entitled to apply, please leave an application form
Legal Stone's counseling services:
Preparing and obtaining the status of an innovative company to apply tax benefits and other support measures
Advice on grants and expertise for IT or innovative company status
Assistance to existing innovative companies on the application of benefits and reporting, including grants
Online call, presentation of available benefits, selection of an effective model
How we work
Online call
Analysis
Analyzing materials on your company, selecting a project and areas of research activity
Preparation
Preparation of materials for examination or accreditation
Completion
Completion of examination or accreditation and formalization of innovative or IT company status
Online call
  • Analysis
  • Completion
  • Preparation
Examples of available benefits
Current benefits for accredited IT companies in 2024:
  • 0% profit tax rate
  • zero VAT rate for software developers
  • пreduced rate of insurance contributions — 7.6%
  • abolition of inspections by government agencies, including tax and currency inspections
  • loans with a reduced rate
  • other benefits — grants, simplified government procurement, simplified hiring of foreign employees
To qualify for these benefits, you need to be accredited by the Ministry of Digital Affairs as an IT company
Current benefits for companies participating in Skolkovo in 2024:
  • exemption from income taxes
  • exemption from VAT
  • zero property tax
  • reduced insurance premiums for all its employees with the possibility of paying 7.6% even for non-IT companies
In order to receive these benefits, you need to obtain the status of a Skolkovo participant company, while:
  • no need to change the registered office
  • no need to move to Skolkovo
  • no need to pay any fees or surcharges
  • no need to give up shares in the company or share profits
Examples of our work and successful cases
6 682+
IT companies applied for accreditation, 2,210 firms received confirmation from Mincifra (June 2023 information)
4 400+
Companies are already participants of Skolkovo and have been effectively using tax incentives since 2010
Benefits of collaboration
Payment for results only
Full management after accreditation and registration
Experts with experience in taxation and application of benefits
Turnkey work to a positive result
Support at all stages of document preparation, examination and reporting
Extensive hands-on experience working with innovative companies
Get counseling
In order to receive detailed instructions on which benefits your company is entitled to apply, please leave an application form
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