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Tax Consulting
Tax Consulting
Services
- Advising clients on issues related to customs procedures and operations in territories for advanced socio-economic development (TOSERs), special economic zones (SEZs) and free ports
- Advising on compliance with technical regulations
- Advising on whether it is reasonable to apply for an AEO certificate
- Advising on customs value
- Providing assistance in resolving customs disputes
- Providing advice and practical assistance in applying customs benefits and preferential treatment
- Providing advice and practical assistance in applying methodology and different aspects of utilisation fee, environmental charge payment and recovery
- Improving the performance of the customs function and internal processes
- Preparing and reviewing foreign trade contracts, and structuring supplies
We provide full range of consulting and compliance support for all types of assignments (long-term, short-term, remote workers, rotators, business travelers, etc.)
Consulting:
Consulting:
- Tax and legal teams. Assisting companies in designing an optimal employment structure for employee assignment to/from Russia from the perspective of law, currency control, corporate tax, social security and individual taxation
- Individual tax services team. Offering advice on taxation of various remuneration items in both Russian and international tax context, including the applicability of relevant Double Tax Treaties / Totalisation Agreements
- Individual tax services team. Individual and group tax consultations to employees assigned to/from Russia
- Individual tax services team. Assistance in transferring tax payments on behalf of employees
- Individual tax services team. Giving advice on using a global employment company when assigning employees to/from Russia
- Corporate tax services team. Analysis of expenses on employee remuneration in terms of possible deduction from the corporate income tax base in Russia
- Corporate tax services team. Analysis of possible deduction of employee costs charged/allocated to Russia, review of intercompany recharge agreements
- Corporate tax services team. Analysis of permanent establishment risk which may arise for a foreign legal entity in Russia
- Currency control team. Legal analysis of Russian currency control regulations and countersanctions
- Immigration services team. Advice and assistance in obtaining work permits, authorisation documents and visas for foreign employees in Russia to ensure compliance with Russian immigration laws
- Labour law team. Preparation of Russian labour contracts to ensure labour law compliance and consistency with global assignment policies
- HR consulting team. Assistance in designing assignment policies based on various types of cross-border work
- HR consulting team. Analysing remuneration package components and employee benefits to determine whether they match current market practice
- Tax and legal teams. Providing due diligence services for the staff currently assigned to Russia to ensure compliance with tax and legal requirements for both employees and employers
- Tax and legal teams. Analysing other cross-border tax and legal implications associated with globally mobile workforce, outlining risks and possible options to mitigate them both from Russian and international tax and legal perspectives
- Preparing and filing Personal Income Tax (PIT) returns with the tax authorities
- Communicating with the tax authorities on matters related to PIT, transportation tax, property tax, land tax, and other taxes
- Preparing documents confirming income and full payment of taxes in Russia
- Reviewing tax notices and preparing tax payment instructions
- Communicating with the tax authorities to obtain various tax deductions, offsets of taxes paid in foreign countries, providing assistance in obtaining certificates and documents from the tax authorities (tax clearance, tax residency confirmation, etc.)
- Analysing tax history to determine whether PIT has been correctly assessed and paid in full
- Reconciling accounts with the tax authorities and helping obtain the tax clearance certificate
- Assisting in employee compliance with currency control requirements and preparing respective reports
- HR administration services
- Methodological support
- Consultation and support during transition to employee e-records
- Payroll services
- Providing support on matters related to occupational safety
- Organisation of military registration
- Designing a remuneration system
- Creating a grading system
- Talent and key competencies management
- Market remuneration practice overview and benchmarking
- Improving HR function effectiveness
- Providing assistance in VAT refunds
- Services related to the application of the reduced VAT rate
- Advising on VAT when services are provided between Russian and foreign companies
- Advising on VAT issues related to the provision of electronic services
- Analysing VAT costs and cash outflows and providing recommendations on cash flow structuring
- Advising on the application of VAT exemptions
- Providing assistance in implementing VAT accounting in ERP systems
- Advising on VAT issues when carrying out activities within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)
- Advising on non-Russian VAT issues
- Providing advice and support in the course of preparing and implementing electronic VAT invoices
- Advising on excise taxes
Consulting:
- Analysing and planning tax implications under transactions with movable/immovable properties and other assets
- Giving advice on sale and/or purchase of real estate, vehicles and other assets in terms of tax planning efficiency
- Developing and structuring individual and corporate pension schemes
- Creating and/or reviewing deferred share-based remuneration plans
- Assisting in structuring investment portfolios with the use of trusts and other instruments
- Preparing and filing Personal Income Tax (PIT) returns with the tax authorities
- Communicating with the tax authorities on matters related to the PIT, transportation tax, property tax, land tax, and other taxes
- Preparing documents confirming income and full payment of taxes in Russia for foreign investments or foreign property purchases
- Reviewing tax returns prepared by third parties
- Reviewing tax notices and preparing tax payment instructions
- Conducting negotiations with the tax authorities on provision of different tax deductions, offsets of taxes paid in foreign countries, providing assistance in obtaining certificates and documents from tax authorities (tax clearance, tax residency confirmation, etc.)
- Analysing tax history to determine whether the correct and full PIT assessment and payment obligation has been performed
- Reconciling accounts with the tax authorities and helping obtain the tax clearance certificate
- Providing assistance in notifying the tax authorities on opening/closing accounts with foreign banks, and in preparing notifications on participation in foreign companies
- Restructuring to ensure compliance with the changing Russian and international regulations and law enforcement practices
- Reviewing/structuring tax aspects of international transactions, including foreign asset acquisitions
- Designing the structure of owned assets/divisions to reduce tax expenses related to their subsequent disposal
- Analysing new jurisdictions for Russian groups and providing support to incorporate entities in and transfer assets/operations to: the CIS countries, UAE, Hong Kong, Mauritius, China, Turkey, Qatar, etc.
- Reviewing foreign personal income tax and treasury issues
- Developing a governance structure for foreign companies
- Supporting CFC rules application
- Providing assistance in obtaining specific clarifications from relevant authorities abroad (where possible)
- International compliance, including new EU presence requirements, EU Directive
- DAC6, Pillar 2
- Tax due diligence
- End-to-end business disposal tax support
- Deal tax structuring
- Tax aspects of deal documentation
- Financial modelling of transaction tax flows
- Post-deal business integration support
- Accounting and reporting
- Assistance during transition to a new accounting system (SAP and others)
- Other accounting and reporting compliance services
- Transfer pricing and CFC services
- Coordinating tax reporting compliance/tax reporting in foreign jurisdictions
- Support in the course of liquidation of legal entities and foreign companies’ branches/representative offices/divisions
- Individual taxation
- Currency controls and regulations
- International tax planning
- Consulting on foreign immigration law
- Investment support and partnership structuring
- Developing personal asset ownership structures
- Banking products and financial instruments tax matters
- Devising a tax strategy
- Designing key indicators to measure the effectiveness of tax strategies
- Harmonising tax accounting methodologies
- Streamlining business processes
- Tax optimisation
- Creating tax risk monitoring and assessment systems
- Developing tax forecasting systems
- Streamlining tax accounting processes to meet shortened timeframes for closing procedures
- Designing organisational structures for tax functions
- Assigning roles and powers to tax function staff
- Providing methodological support for automating tax accounting in ERP systems (e.g. Oracle, SAP, 1C, etc.)
- Making preparations for joining the tax monitoring programme and providing support to participants
- Automating information exchange with the tax authorities
- Improving risk management and internal control systems
- Automating internal controls for 1C
- Automated check of fixed assets as pertaining to tax risks
- Designing price-setting and application methodologies in controlled transactions between related parties within a group of companies
- Operational due diligence
- Business transactions diagnostics
- Preparing transfer pricing documentation
- Preparing for tax audits and providing assistance in dispute resolution related to tax control over prices in transactions between related parties
- Carrying out a feasibility study, preparing required documents and information, and supporting the taxpayer during the filing and consideration of its advanced pricing agreement execution application (including agreements involving the competent authorities of foreign governments)
About us
TeDo Tax is recognised by leading international and Russian rankings, including International Tax Review (World Tax and World TP), The Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, Pravo.ru-300, Kommersant rating and Forbes Club Legal.
TeDo Tax team was a winner of ITR EMEA Tax Awards 2021 in two categories:
TeDo Tax team was a winner of ITR EMEA Tax Awards 2021 in two categories:
- Tax Firm of the Year
- Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
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- Ekaterina RyabovaPartner, Head of Tax Consulting
+7 (495) 967 6000 - Natalia VozianovaPartner, Communications, Information Technology and Media
+7 (495) 967 6000 - Karina KhudenkoPartner, Individual Tax and HR Consulting
+7 (495) 967 6000 - Natalia KozlovaPartner, Transfer Pricing
+7 (495) 967 6000
- Vladimir KonstantinovPartner, Indirect Tax and Customs
+7 (495) 967 6000 - Galina NaumenkoPartner, M&A, Oil&Gas and Metals&Mining industries tax services
+7 (495) 967 6000 - Andrey SoldatenkoPartner, Head of tax practice in St. Petersburg
+7 (495) 967 6000 - Anna ModyanovaPartner, International Tax Structuring
+7 (495) 967 6000 - Ekaterina LevonPartner, Corporate Tax Practice
+7 (495) 967 6000