Legal regulation of e-commerce taxation in the Russian federation

Abstract

The article was prepared for the purpose of scientific substantiation of the need to create an effective legal mechanism for taxation of subjects of the actively developing e-commerce market. In the Russian Federation, it should and can contribute to an increase in tax revenues to the state budget. To achieve this target, the authors, developing the content of the article, methodologically rely on the materialistic, positivistic worldview, applying a number of general scientific, special scientific and special methods. The article examines the concept, nature and legal regulation of the taxation of e-commerce. The analysis of the existing concepts of taxation of e-commerce entities, their possible use in one form or another in the Russian Federation has been carried out. The features of e-commerce taxation are revealed. Problems are indicated and directions for improving the taxation of e-commerce entities are proposed.