Abstract: This article is dedicated to the analysis of relevant problems of tax control in the e-commerce sector caused by digitalization and globalization of business. The author gives general characteristics to tax control as the key element of tax administration; examines the peculiarities of legal regulation of the value-added tax for services rendered by foreign companies in electronic form on the territory of the Russian Federation. Description is given to the amendments in the Russian legislation on taxes and fees related to the establishment of new rules of VAT taxation for electronic services provided by foreign suppliers, which have been enacted in the past five years. Attention is turned to such instrument of interaction of the Federal Tax Service of Russia with foreign companies as the “VAT office of a foreign Internet company”. Analysis is conducted on the major problems of tax control over the computation and discharge of VAT in rendering transboundary electronic services on the territory of the Russian Federation, which emerge also due to the gaps in legal regulation. The author outlines the vectors of improving tax control in this sphere. The conclusion is made on the need for amending the legislation of the Russian Federation on taxes and fees, further expansion of the use of digital technologies in tax administration, and creation of infrastructure necessary for automated interaction with various institutions and tax authorities of other countries, development of international cooperation, and formation of tax culture.

Abstract: This article is dedicated to the questions of legal regulation of taxation of e-commerce in India under the conditions of digitalization and increase of a number of transactions conducted over the Internet. The goal of this research is to determine the key directions for modernization of the Indian tax legislation in the area of e-commerce. The subject of this research is the normative legal acts passed in India within the framework of large-scale fiscal reform, which regulate tax relations in the sphere of e-commerce. Based on the analysis and generalization of scientific, normative and empirical materials, usage of normative-logical and comparative methods, the author determines the specific traits and key vectors of legal regulation of e-commerce taxation in India, as well as approaches towards formation of tax policy in this sphere. Prerequisites are determined, which justify the need for cooperation between India and Russia with regards to regulation of e-commerce taxation. Conclusions are made on the possibility of application of India’s experience for modernization of tax legislation of Russia in terms of implementation of the national program “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation”.