1 Among those companies disclosing the presence of a Lead Director, 38.0% paid a premium for service in this position in 2005 versus 28.8% in 2004. 2  In 2005, median total compensation for a regular member of the Board was $150,000, for a Non-Executive Chairs was $219,765, and for Lead Directors was $162,424.mong the study's key findings: In manufacturing, median total compensation (which includes fees, retainers, committee pay, and all forms of stock compensation) for outside directors is now $109,000, up from $91,250 in 2005.
A flat income tax rate of 30 percent (unless a lower rate is available under a DTT) applies to Russian source income with some exceptions which, inter alia, include: 15 percent tax rate applies to dividend income from Russian companies;
Value added tax, or VAT, is the tax you have to pay when you buy goods or services. There are various items for which you do not have to pay any VAT, such as most food, children's clothing, newspapers and magazines.The standard rate of VAT rose from 17.5% to 20% on 4 January 2011, which is still not high by EU standards.here are three bands of VAT: zero, 5% and 20%. Many regular purchases such as food and children's clothing are zero-rated. Domestic fuel and wind-turbine installation are 5%. Other things like hot take-aways and televisions are 20%. The government has raised the standard VAT rate to 20%.