Additional Services
Our company provides additional services outside the framework of registration or accreditation of businesses.
They are as follows:
They are as follows:
- Tax registration of a foreign company without accreditation of its representative office or branch in Russian Federation
- Opening of an account for a foreign company with a Moscow bank.
A foreign company has a right to open bank accounts in any country, including the Russian Federation. It can open an account without accreditation of a representative office or a branch in the Russian Federation, if a special procedure is followed.
Before opening a bank account, a foreign company must be registered with the tax authority in Moscow. Registration of a foreign company with the tax authority (without opening a bank account) takes approximately seven working days after the submission of a full set of documents required. Registration with the Moscow tax authority together with opening a bank account takes from ten to thirty working days, depending on the bank chosen.
Before opening a bank account, a foreign company must be registered with the tax authority in Moscow. Registration of a foreign company with the tax authority (without opening a bank account) takes approximately seven working days after the submission of a full set of documents required. Registration with the Moscow tax authority together with opening a bank account takes from ten to thirty working days, depending on the bank chosen.
List of documents necessary for the tax registration:
- A certificate from a tax authority of the company's country of registration (stating the company name and TIN). Such certificate is valid for three months from the date of issue.
- A document proving the location of the company in the country of registration.
- A registration document in the country of registration.
- A power of attorney given by the company to a person authorized to sign the application to MI FNS.
- A Power of Attorney by which our employee is authorized to submit documents on behalf of the company. (Foreign documents are accepted only if they bear authentic marks that they have been legalized by the consulate or apostilled unless exemption from these procedures is granted under international treaties to which the Russian Federation is a party; the documents shall also be enclosed with a Russian translation certified by the notary or consular services. These documents shall be valid for a year from the date of issue (except №1).
- Charter or any other charter document issued in accordance with the law of the country of company's registration;
- extract from the Trade Register another document that identifies legal status of the company and certifies its state registration according to the laws of the country of registration:
2) for embassies/consulates or any other diplomatic or equivalent representative offices of foreign governments
- a document that identifies legal status of the representative office.
- a document of registration with the Russian tax authority (only when opening the first bank account in Russia): certificate of tax registration issued by MI FNS for companies that don't have a branch or a representative office in Russia;
- a Power of Attorney given by company management to a person who is able to: open an account and use it, authorize others to put signatures on behalf of the company (if the application for opening the account and the signature card were signed by this person);
- documents certifying the authority of the chief executive officer;
- licenses (permissions) given to the company in due course, if opening of the bank account is directly linked to the activities permitted by the licenses;
- a photocopy of a passport of the person who has signed the application for opening the bank account.
All documents issued in Russia must be certified by Russian notary public or by the issuing organization (except the application for the opening of the bank account).
All documents issued abroad must be certified by a notary public of the country where they are issued, and should be legalized by the Russian consulate of that country or by the consulate of that country in the Russian Federation (except the application for the opening of the bank account). Alternative to the legalization, an apostille is allowed.
All documents in foreign languages must be accompanied by Russian translation (including all endorsements of certification and the legalization).
Please note that:
- if the translation was done abroad, the translator’s signature must be notarized and legalized in the order described above;
- if the translation was done in Russia, the translator’s signature must be notarized.
The person authorized to sign documents for opening of an account in the Russian Federation should be present in Moscow when the documents are being prepared, because for preparation of some of them his/her presence is necessary.
Employees of Ackermann Bellmer can provide all above services or some of them. We can also help you with the Russian translations and the following notary certification, if necessary.
Please contact us in any way you find convenient (telephone/fax/e-mail/Skype),
and our employees will be happy to be of assistance to you.
and our employees will be happy to be of assistance to you.