Liability for illegal business in Russian and foreign legislation

Purpose: This paper aims to study the concept of liability for illegal entrepreneurship in domestic and foreign law in order to identify and analyze its features. Methodology: To achieve the goal outlined in this article, comparative, legalistic and sociological methods were used. Results: The author of this article defines the basic principle of differentiation of views on the problem of liability for illegal business - the identification of an act as criminal or devoid of criminal features. Particular attention is paid to the criteria of such criminalization - for example, the development of domestic economic relations, as well as power influence on the subject of study. The study argues that a power influence can alternatively be expressed in the form of financial and tax policy or the definition of an act as criminal. Novelty/originality/value: The study of liability for illegal entrepreneurship is particularly relevant, as the domestic economy has reached a new level of interaction with foreign economics, including using the internet for trade and business communication. The author has identified the main criterion for the effective analysis of the characteristics of liability for illegal entrepreneurship. This principle has a special scientific and theoretical value for the system study of the problem.