The State Duma of Russia is preparing a package of bills on the actual introduction of the offshore regime in the occupied Crimea. This writes "Kommersant".

In addition to extending tax benefits by amendments, a mechanism has been proposed for creating trusts in the Crimea that will provide anonymity to investors on the peninsula and will not allow them to be afraid of sanctions.

Recall, at the moment in the Crimea and Sevastopol already operates a free economic zone, but it is focused mainly on local business. Its residents are given tax privileges, in the register of the zone of about 900 organizations, the declared volume of investments is 80 billion rubles.

It is reported that the first bill is an amendment to the tax code of the Russian Federation, the second - to the civil code and another fifteen laws. In the Civil Code it is proposed to legitimize a new type of limited liability company - the "International Company", and also to introduce the articles "International Trusts" (organization and trust funds transferred to it by others) and "Family Funds" (an organization set up to manage the assets of the fund's creator , His family "or other specified specific persons").

According to the amendments, these forms must be registered in the place of actual location for tax accounting - if it is outside the borders of the Russian Federation, then they will be recognized as non-residents, that is, they will be withdrawn from the fiscal control.

Trusts should provide anonymity to investors in the Crimea occupied by Russia. "Crimean Trusts", according to the idea, should receive rights to the assets transferred to them. In this case, the beneficiary becomes invisible, but remains with incomes.

To distribute benefits to the current law on the Crimean free economic zone, it is proposed to enter the chapter "International transit zone" - these are separate sections of the territory of a free port with a special mode of doing business.

According to the amendments, the income of residents from sources in the International Transit Zone is fully exempt from VAT, income and property taxes. By analogy with the "wild" offshore zone participants are asked to pay only an annual tax charge of 1.5 thousand euros. For residents' income received in the rest of the Russian Federation, preferential rates are offered: dividends - 15%, interest and royalties - 0%.

Also, the authors of the law want to resolve in Crimea and Sevastopol activities that are impossible in the rest of the Russian Federation: foreign banks, insurance companies, pension funds and brokerage companies were offered the opportunity to work without a license.

In addition, there is a simplified procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship for investors who invested in the bonds of Crimea and Sevastopol from 1 million euros, who came to the peninsula to foreigners offered a visa-free regime. Another "bonus" - the withdrawal of operations in the International Transit Zone from under currency control.

According to the authors of the draft, the amendments caused comments from the presidential administration as contradicting agreements on disclosure of beneficiaries.