Abstract: The subject of the study is comprehensive support tools based on the example of a SPIC, various aspects of the conclusion of a SPIC, requirements for companies when concluding a SPIC in relation to the pharmaceutical industry. The purpose of the study is to analyze complex support tools, identify problems based on the analysis of complex support tools using the example of SPIC in relation to the pharmaceutical industry. The author examines in detail such features of the SPIC as: requirements for the conclusion of a SPIC, tax and non-tax benefits when concluding a SPIC, the concepts of "obligations" in complex support tools, price regulation of medicines from the list of VED, administrative barriers, opacity of requirements for an investment project within the framework of the conclusion of a SPIC, penalties for deviations from targets, etc. other matters. This study was conducted on the basis of the application of general scientific research methods, including systematic, logical, comparative analysis, and the method of analogy. The main conclusions of the study are the relevance of comprehensive support tools, including SPIC. The SPIC is currently an important tool for comprehensive support for both the state and companies, as it offers serious tax and non-tax benefits, which has a positive effect on investment activity in the Russian Federation. At the same time, the author highlights relevant issues for the SPIC, including administrative barriers, price regulation of medicines from the list of VED, the parties with whom a potential investor concludes a SPIC, penalties. The scientific novelty lies in the analysis of problems during the conclusion of a SPIC that were not previously highlighted, including within the pharmaceutical industry, as well as the proposal of relevant directions for the development of a SPIC that can increase the attractiveness of this investment instrument.

Abstract: The subject of this research is the experience of foreign administrations on implementation of the instruments of digital tax control and development of the service function of tax authorities. The experience of foreign administrations is viewed within the framework of the response of tax authorities to the manifestations of digitalization, which is also reflected in the emergence of new sources of income and new ways of interaction on the job market. The relevance of this research is defined by digital transformation of the economy, which entails the emergence of new types of relations between taxpayers that, which should be regulated by of tax administrations via expanding the capabilities and methods of tax control, as well as the trend towards customer-oriented tax authorities. A detailed overview is conducted on the experience of Western countries with regards to modernization of tax administration. The statistical data are analyzed for substantiating the conclusions on the positive nature of such experience. The author makes recommendations for the implementation of foreign experience in the Russian tax system. The goal of this work consists in the analysis of foreign experience of implementation of digital technologies in the sphere of taxation, outlining most successful examples of digitalization, as well as assessment of the possibility of implementation of foreign experience by the Russian tax authorities. The novelty lies in the author’s proposal of the new aspects of simplification of tax system, introduction of the new instruments of tax control, and expanding the circle of taxable transactions based on the experience of foreign tax administrations. The conclusion is formulated that the implementation of the practices considered in the article would lead to simplification of the tax system, implementation of the instrument of digital tax control, and expansion of the tax base in different economic sectors.