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The main trends of the tax control and the matters of taxation and tax collection
were discussed at a round-table meeting of VEGAS LEX with the participation of the Federal Tax Service’s
representatives.
On 29 June 2017, the law firm VEGAS LEX conducted a discussion on the topic "Tax System and Tax Control. 2017 Adaptation ". Konstantin Novosyelov, Deputy, andEkaterina Kastanova, Consultant International, made a speech as external experts.
During the discussion the Russian Federation’s accession to the multilateral OECD Convention
on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters and also about the
international tax information exchange; and
answered the questions of the participants’ concern regarding the application
of certain novelties concerning the taxation and tax collection.
Denis Kozhevnikov, VEGAS LEX, Associate of Tax practice considered in detail and discussed with the round-table participants the key positions of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in 2017 on the
matters related to the transfer pricing и thin capitalization, unjustified tax benefits, "golden parachutes", VAT in
case of accord and satisfaction, suspension
of operations on accounts and assessment of the actual tax liability, based
upon the real examples in practice. The expert also highlighted the current positions of the Constitutional
Court of the Russian Federation in relation to a doctrine of dishonest
taxpayer.
Yuriy Ivanov, VEGAS LEX Manager of Tax practice projects, told about the criminal law
aspects of taxation.
In particular, he told about the scope and directions of work of the law enforcement
agencies with regard to the constituent elements of the
tax and related crimes, the statistics and trends for the relevant constituent elements
of crimes and also about the judicial practice concerning the tax and other
crimes related to phoenix operations.
At the close of the round-table discussion, its participants thanked for
a constructive dialogue and for the useful practical information, which they have
obtained, and expressed their hope for having further similar meetings with the
state authorities and VEGAS LEX experts that help them to handle disputable
matters in their daily work.
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