Qiwi Group estimated the overpayment of profit tax at 500 million rubles. It has been reported TASSreferring to the company’s materials.
“The group plans to take advantage of the option of” early payment “and plans to pay tax obligations by paying up to 0.5 billion rubles in the fourth quarter of 2023,” said Qiwi.
Before that, in the Qiwi group declarationthat they are unsure of the possibility of reaching an agreement with the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CB) on the lifting of restrictions on the activity of Qiwi Bank.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in August signed the law 10% on excess profit tax for large companies.
The law introduces an additional profit tax for companies whose arithmetic average profit exceeds one billion rubles for 2021 and next year.
Under the new law, the taxpayer will independently determine the amount.
The ten percent tax has to be paid no later than January 28, 2024, and the rate will be halved if the deposit is rolled over from October 1 to November 30 this year.
Previously reportedthat scammers began offering Russians to withdraw money from their Qiwi wallets using a parallel transfer scheme.