Sevastopol Tax Service: SEZ participants should take into account the effectiveness of investment projects

Krympress reports:

In the Federal Tax Service of Russia in Sevastopol, the results of the activities of participants in the free economic zone were discussed.

At a meeting of the working group on the functioning of the free economic zone in the city on September 24, 2025, Deputy Head of the Office, Ekaterina Zemchenko, spoke about the results of the joint work of the Federal Tax Service of Russia for Sevastopol and the Department of Economic Development of the Government of Sevastopol in 2025. She noted positive dynamics compared to last year, both in the number of participants in the free economic zone (SEZ), and in the total volume of taxes paid by the participants in the FEZ.

In the register of the participants of the SEZ of the city of Sevastopol, 356 taxpayers are consisted of, total income, declared by residents of the SEZ for 6 months of 2025, increased by 3 percent and amounted to 36 billion rubles.

The amount of taxes paid by the SEZ participants also increased by 0.1 billion rubles, or 2.5 percent.

The First Deputy Director of the Department of Economic Development of the city of Sevastopol Alexei Popov in his speech emphasized that when evaluating the investment declaration for the effectiveness of the implementation of the investment project in the SEZ, the compliance of the project’s goals with the norms of Federal Law No. 377-FZ is determined, as well as the effectiveness of the implementation of the investment project in accordance with the Order of the Ministry of Construction of Russia dated 23.01.2023 No. 36/pr.

Ekaterina Zemchenko She noted that joint work with the Government of the city of Sevastopol allows you to control the implementation by the Particulate Participants of the requirements of Law No. 377-ФЗ dated 11/29/2014 “On the development of the Republic of Crimea and the city of federal significance of Sevastopol and the free economic zone in the territories of the Republic of Crimea and the city of federal significance of Sevastopol”, as well as the norms of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation when using reduced tax rates on taxes and taxes and taxes and contributions. The loss of the status of a SEZ participant entails tax payment, rejection of preferences for the entire period of work in the SEZ and penalties.

Source: press service of the Federal Tax Service of Russia in Sevastopol

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