Russia to exempt free distribution of food products from VAT

• A bill has been introduced in the State Duma to exempt food products with expired shelf life from VAT.
• The bill aims to exclude the free transfer of food products in their natural or processed form, as well as bottled drinking water, from taxation.
• The government of Russia will establish the procedure for the free transfer of food products with expired shelf life.
• The authors of the bill believe that this will solve the problems of excessive accumulation of waste and food shortages among certain social groups.

Source: glavkniga.ru

Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.

---

---