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A month later, from April 1, 2026, Russia will launch a new procedure for the import of goods from the EAEU countries – the national Goods Waiting Confirmation System (SPOT). If you import cargo by car from Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia or Kyrgyzstan, prepare in advance: from July 1, 2026, import without advance payment of VAT and excise taxes and without a special QR code will be impossible.

The director said, "we pay in USDT," but you don't know how to do it? You are not alone. Calculations in cryptocurrency are a new reality of foreign economic activity, for which there are no rules in the Tax Code. We do not load with theory, but give a step-by-step algorithm for an accountant: how to fix everything in the accounting policy, what documents to close the deal with, and, most importantly, how to calculate taxes correctly in order to avoid claims in the future.

The usual methods of international settlements in foreign economic activity no longer work. SWIFT and the dollar are no longer reliable instruments, and payments get stuck for weeks. What replaced them? We're looking into why simple solutions like replacing the dollar with the yuan or switching to crypto haven't become a panacea, and what the new, flexible cross-border payment system that businesses will have to live with looks like.