Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Vladimir V. Gromov Author-Email: Gromov@iep.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Moscow, Russia Title: Problems and Improvement Issues of Russia’s SEZ Residents in Regard to Federal Taxation Abstract: Special Economic Zones are important mechanism of attracting investments to regions but in recent years their number has significantly reduced and other investment tools have appeared. Since taxation directly affects investment decisions, the article provides estimation of current federal tax reliefs concerning SEZ residents in terms of their ability to create incentives for obtaining resident status in SEZ. It also includes comparison with other favourable tax regimes recently introduced in Russia. Classification-JEL: H32 Keywords: taxation, tax system, special economic zones, SEZ resident, tax reliefs, income tax Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 39-50 Issue: 1 Year: 2018 Month: February DOI: 10.31107/2075-1990-2018-1-39-50 File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2018/1/statii_2018_1/fm_2018_1__03.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:180103:p:39-50