One contract, a year of delay
Liquidation and even a clean nil-tax year fail when an employment relationship is still live and unreported. Labor inspectorates and the FTS both read the same RSV.
- Director “left” but never dismissed in the labor book
- Accrued vacation and severance unpaid
- RSV / 6-NDFL gaps that the FTS uses in a desk audit
- A warehouse lease that still has a named employee as the keyholder
What it is
Western exits in 2022 often left a general director on payroll, a warehouse keeper, or a silent employment book. Russian labor law does not lapse because HQ stopped calling. Unused vacation, severance, and the paper of a proper dismissal are what stand between a mothballed LLC and a clean deletion.
Colibry’s affiliate administers payroll that still has to run: calculations, RSV / 6-NDFL, dismissal or transfer paperwork, and a file the parent can show. That includes a going concern with a remaining headcount and the one unfired contract that blocks liquidation. We do not recruit for Russian operations.
What is in scope — and what is not
We do
- Inventory of leftover employment contracts and civil-law agreements
- Payroll, RSV, 6-NDFL, and related filings for remaining staff or a remnant
- Dismissal or expiry paperwork, labor book, and certificates
- Severance and unused-vacation arithmetic, paid from in-country funds
- English status for HQ HR / GC — names, dates, amounts
We do not
- Hiring or running an operating workforce in Russia
- Immigration / work-permit practice for new assignees
- Collective bargaining or plant-level industrial relations
How the work runs
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01
Census
Who is still on paper, who was paid last, who holds keys.
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02
Calculate
Statutory amounts. Flag anything that needs counsel.
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03
Close or hold
Dismissal pack, ongoing payroll for remaining staff, or a mothball payroll if the board is not ready.
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04
File
RSV / 6-NDFL aligned with the tax mandate.
Calendar
| When | What |
|---|---|
| Week 1–2 | Census and calculation |
| Week 2–8 | Dismissals — statutory notice periods apply |
| Ongoing if mothballed | Payroll of any remnant the board still wants |
What we need to start
Missing items are a workstream, not a reason to wait. A signed note that a year of filings does not exist is more useful than another month of silence.
- Staff list, even if HQ thinks it is empty
- Last payroll, labor books, civil contracts
- Who holds office or warehouse keys
Reporting
English census and close-out. Amounts and dates, not HR jargon.
Who it is for
Entities that still have people on paper — a going-concern headcount, or the one contract HQ thought was closed — and liquidations that cannot start while a contract is live.
We will not take
- Building or running a Russian operating team
Fees and start
Fixed-scope engagements with fees agreed in advance. Pricing is set after an initial consultation at no charge. A single leftover dismissal: often 2–8 weeks depending on notice. A mothball payroll is ongoing until the board cuts it. See how the New York contract works and the week-one document pack.