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Nikolaeva E. S. Taxation in the Perfomance Options Contracts as Financial Instruments of Futures Contracts. Izv. Saratov Univ., Economics. Management. Law, 2015, vol. 15, iss. 4, pp. 441-?. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18500/1994-2540-2015-15-4-441-446
Taxation in the Perfomance Options Contracts as Financial Instruments of Futures Contracts
At present the legislation does not always have time to respond to the needs of modern business, the constant development and improvement of relations between subjects necessarily entails the formation of new types of relations, requiring detailed legal regulation. Purpose. Analyze the taxation of option transactions, depending on their types and participants. To investigate the levying of tax on profit of organizations and tax on added value when executing option transactions, as well as the use of incentives in the taxation of these transactions. Results. Based on carried out analysis it is established that for tax purposes payments on option contracts must be reasonable, and the award be included in the income of a taxpayer, regardless of the qualification of such transaction as a financial instrument. Moreover, it is established that the levying of value added tax shall be only part of an option recognized by the implementation. Identified the need to consolidate at the legislative level the criteria of option contracts for transactions subject to taxation, with the definition of the procedure for calculating and paying tax. Conclusion. Reveals the notion and the kinds of option transactions, are shown their new designs, causing the need for improving the tax treatment of such transactions.
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6. Vopros: Vprave li organizatsiia v tseliakh naloga na pribyl’ uchest’ raskhody na vyplatu optsionnoi premii i komissionnogo voznagrazhdeniia po optsionnym soglasheniiam na pokupku aktsii v prochikh raskhodakh pri otkaze ot priobreteniia aktsii po ukazannym soglasheniiam, esli soglasno uchetnoi politike polozheniia st. st. 301–305 i 326 NK RF primeniaiutsia tol’ko v otnoshenii raschetnykh srochnykh sdelok: pis’mo Minfi na Rossii ot 20.09.2012 № 03-03-06/1/489 [Question: The right institution for the purposes of income tax to take into account the expenses on payment of the option premium plus a Commission fee on option agreements for the purchase of shares in other expenses in case of refusal of acquisition of shares under the said agreements, if the accounting policy according to the provisions of articles 301–305 and 326 of the tax code apply only to the current term transaction. Letter of the Ministry of
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8. Vopros: Organizatsiia sobiraetsia sdavat’ v arendu torgovye mesta v stroiashchemsia zdanii torgovogo tsentra. Do polucheniia prava sobstvennosti na eto zdanie organizatsiia prodaet budushchim arendatoram optsion na pravo zakliucheniia dogovora arendy torgovogo mesta (dogovor, v sootvetstvii s kotorym arendator priobretaet pravo na zakliuchenie v budushchem dogovora arendy s fi ksirovannoi arendnoi platoi). Budut li oblagat’sia NDS operatsii po realizatsii optsiona: pis’mo Minfi na RF ot 29.12.2005 № 03-04-11/336 (Question: The Organisation plans to lease retail premises in a newly built shopping center. Before obtaining ownership of this building sell future tenants the option for the right to conclude lease agreements for commercial spaces (contract, whereby the lessee acquires the right to conclude in the future a lease agreement with fi xed rent). Will be subject to VAT transactions for the sale of the option. Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation of 29.12.2005 № 03-04-11/336 (The text of the letter wasn’t published)). ATP «Consultant» [electronic resource].