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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Expat Digest, Vol 53, Issue 18 To: [email protected] Date: Friday, March 13, 2009, 5:00 PM Send Expat mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Expat digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Expat List Taxation 183 day rule (Thomas Kiehn) 2. Re: Expat List Renting a Tux (Thomas Kiehn) 3. RE: Buddies Cafe (Kenneth McCargow) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:54:15 +0300 From: Thomas Kiehn <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Expat List Taxation 183 day rule To: The Moscow Expat List <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Julian, I think you are confused about one point: >>>We believed that once you have done the 183 days and got your residency, then that was it for the rest of your time in Russia. Residency is an entirely separate issue and is not determined in any way by how many days you reside in Russia. You must physically be in Russia at least 183 days of each year in order to pay the lower income tax of 13%. Your company may deduct only 13% from your salary each month from the start of the year if it plans to keep you on the payroll (and has the license to hire you for that full period), but if your/their plans change and you stay in Russia less than half a year, then they must pay up. Not sure how that typically works itself out... Thomas 2009/3/12 <[email protected]> > > Expats > We had a meeting with PWC yesterday and their 'experts' told us something > interesting. > > > They said that when a foreign worker works in Russia s/he has to requalify > for the 183 day rule every year [30% down to 13% income tax] and if they > leave Russia before completing 183 days in the year, [ even if they are tax > resident from previous years] they will have to pay the missing 17% tax from > that year??? > > This is not what we understand but we are not tax experts. We believed that > once you have done the 183 days and got your residency, then that was it for > the rest of your time in Russia. there was no 'requalifying period' each > year. > > Anyone on the list with any real expertise or experience on this matter? > > Julian Beirne > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.lists.ru/pipermail/expat/attachments/20090312/4e85b747/attachment-0001.html ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:03:57 +0300 From: Thomas Kiehn <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Expat List Renting a Tux To: The Moscow Expat List <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Carly, Your friend may try this place: http://www.salonfleur.ru/ I can't say that it's cheap, but there's probably not too much time to arrange otherwise. You may also check sites like edem.ru , a Russian wedding planning site, to find where you can rent a tux. Funny story: my wife and I were looking for tux rentals about a year and a half ago for our wedding in Moscow, but couldn't find a single good deal. It was multiple times more expensive than in the US. We got creative and found a 10-day 'cruise' tux rental package in the States, sent the sizes, and had a relative bring it over for the wedding. We actually paid about half as much for a 10-day rental in the US as for a 2-day rental in Moscow. Go figure... Thomas 2009/3/11 Carly Grainger <[email protected]> > Dear Listers! > > A friend of mine needs to hire a tux for an event next Saturday (22nd) > evening? Does anyone know where he could do this in Moscow? Preferably > somewhere without obscenely expensive prices, although i understand that > might not be possible in this city! > > Obviously much gratitude to anyone that can help! Please feel free to reply > either on or off list! > > Thanks very much, > > Carly > > ------------------------------ > Beyond Hotmail — see what else you can do with Windows Live. Find out > more! <http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665375/direct/01/> > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.lists.ru/pipermail/expat/attachments/20090312/6d3cd080/attachment-0001.html ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:14:14 +0000 From: Kenneth McCargow <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Expat List Buddies Cafe To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="gb2312" I checked out Buddies Cafe on Tuesday evening - OK it was early and midweek and it was fairly empty, but Kelvin and Maneesh were extremely hospitable. Kelvin told me he didn't like to see me drinking on my own and not eating, so he gave me a zakuska (Chinese and Vietnamese spring rolls, beautifully presented) on the house. I'll definitely go back there. McGargoyle Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:17:32 -0700 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: Expat List Buddies Cafe To: [email protected] And who can complain about 70 Rubles for a Heineken? Not me! On Mar 11, 2009, at 3:55 PM, Kelvin Pang <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Stan and Gio, thank you for your comments and feedback about Buddies Caf¨¦, clearly the most important thing for us in improving our offer is to know what people really think about us. Certainly it is no secret the decor in Buddies is not lavish and we make no apologies on this issue, our original idea was to keep our presentation simple and not load the cost of an expensive renovation onto our customers through excessive food and drink prices. Food is always a very subjective topic, not everything we offer is precisely the way Asians or even Europeans would like it, I'm sorry if it has not been totally to your satisfaction but then again how many restaurants have you been to where everything was exactly to your taste? Most of our regular customers have a very positive experience with our food and they keep coming back so we can only assume they like it. If there was something specific you did not like about our food you could easily have explained this to us, and we would have been delighted to offer you something else. Price is another area where not everyone will agree. If you have any experience in running a business you will know there is always a trade off between cost and quality. Quality is very important to us and we try to keep our prices as close to our costs as possible, we have priced our dishes in a range which we feel is an honest and fair reflection of the quality we offer. Go to the center of any major city in the world with 1000 Rubles (London, Paris, Milan, Hong Kong or New York) and you may find cheaper food, but to be truthful you will not find cheaper food at the same quality as ours. Your comparison with your experience at Turandot is a little unfair since you are listing the cheapest offers on their menu and not necessarily the choices most people would make. Finally, please try and be a little more open minded in your assessment of Buddies, yes we can make improvements to our offer in many areas and certainly that is our intention, but in the first instance if you are not happy with anything in our Caf¨¦ simple ask for the manager and we will undertake to do everything we can to improve your satisfaction. Hope to see you at Buddies again. Kelvin Message: 2 Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:33:37 +0300 From: "Gio" <[email protected]> Subject: Expat List RE: Expat Digest, Vol 53, Issue 10 To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <003801c9a1a6$5918a440$0b49ec...@ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I also don't understand why there is so much praise over Buddies Cafe. Good for everyone that really likes the place, but I tried it and wasn't impressed at all. The d§ªcor was unattractive, the food was average at best, and the prices were no less ridiculous than most Moscow restaurants. To top it all off, the "smoke-free" dining hall reeked of smoke. As the waiters continuously walked back and forth from the smoking bar area to the kitchen doors they brought the smoke with them. Message: 4 Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:52:10 +0300 From: Stan Parker <[email protected]> Subject: Re[2]: Expat List In Praise of Buddies Cafe Actually, I have no ideas why you are praising the cafe. It's empty, and expensive. I often dining at Tourandot (tURANDOT, Tverskoy Blvd, 26/5), and my bill is around 1000 roubles: - vegetarian soup 250 rub - hot salad 350 rub - whiskey 220 rub - tea 120 rub Which one you prefer? My opinion - prices in Buddies are overpriced. Totally. They should be 3 times cheaper at least. Then they might have a success in a student niche - that's exactly how they look and service. Well, a spoon of honey, food there is ok. I liked the design of spring rolls and they tested good as well. 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