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January 17, 2005
Edict of the President of the Republic of Belarus of January 10, 2005 No. 9
establishes new Regulations on gambling activity. The gambling activity is
licensed by the Ministry of Sport and Tourism. The winners may obtain the
money won only when they show their identification document. The rate of
the tax for gambling paid by the gambling organizations, for example, by
the casinos is 3500 euro per one gambling table in Minsk city (if there are
not more than 10 tables in the casino), and 3000 for such a casino in
Oblast center.
Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of December
31, 2004 No. 1705 brings in alterations to the Decision of the Council of
Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of April 30, 2004 No. 504 and Decision
of the Council of Ministers of August 12, 2004 No. 974. In accordance with
the changes brought into the Regulations on Procedure of Formation of the
List of the Technological Equipments Imported to the Customs Territory of
the Republic of Belarus and in Relation to Which the Temporal Import
Customs Duty at the Amount of Zero Percent is Established (the Regulations
are approved by the Decision No. 504), the technological equipment imported
by legal persons and individual entrepreneurs covered by the Regulations
shall cost not less than 20 thousands USD. The Decision No. 974 is
prolonged till March 12, 2005.
Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of January
4, 2005 No. 5 changes the Regulations on Procedure of Adoption of Children
and Establishing a Ward or Guardianship by Foreign Persons, Stateless
Persons and Citizens of the Republic of Belarus Permanently Residing on the
Territory of a Foreign State. The Decision establishes the procedure of
inclusion of children into the list of children for such international
adoption, provides the control over living conditions of the adopted
children within 5 years after the adoption and establishes the consular
record of the adopted children in consular establishments of the Republic
of Belarus abroad.
Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of January
10, 2005 No. 21 approves the excise rates for alcohol products and beer.
Different rates are established for alcohol products and beer for the
period from January 1 up to end of March.
Decision of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties of the Republic of Belarus of
December 29, 2004 No. 140 brings in changes into the procedure of payment
of real estate tax. In particular, the Instructions on payment of such a
tax is amended with the chapter 7-1 describing the peculiarities of payment
of the tax under taxation objects being abroad. In accordance with the
chapter, the sums of the tax paid in accordance with legislation of foreign
state in relation to the property being abroad are not considered while
paying the tax in the Republic of Belarus, unless otherwise is provided by
international treaty. Belarusian organizations shall pay the tax in the
Republic of Belarus in relation to their property abroad.
Decision of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus of
December 20, 2005 No. 93 approves the Instructions on Peculiarities of
Control of the Customs Cost of Goods Imported to the Customs Territory of
the Republic of Belarus by the Official Trade Representations of Producers
of the Goods. The Instructions are created with a view to simplify and
speeding up the customs registration and customs control of the goods
imported by the trade representations of the producers of the goods. The
Instructions, in particular, lists the documents needed for the
simplification of the procedures of control over the customs cost of goods.
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