Tax and administrative law

Services • Tax and administrative law

Description

Maxima Legal's tax and administrative law practice unites qualified lawyers with unique expertise in the field of Russian and international taxation, as well as customs and antimonopoly regulation.

Deep theoretical knowledge combined with considerable practical experience allows us to successfully minimize tax, customs and antimonopoly risks of clients, as well as accompany them during verification activities and effectively settle disputes with tax and other state authorities in pre-trial and judicial proceedings.

In addition, the practice team analyzes clients' activities for compliance with legal requirements and the availability of opportunities to reduce the fiscal burden, and also ensures the implementation of clients' tax reserves, ranging from assessing the potential for repayment of mandatory payments or reducing their size in the future, ending with ensuring that the client actually receives the economic effect of the proposed measures.

The composition of the practice

Maxima Legal services in the field of tax and administrative law

Consulting in the field of tax, customs and antimonopoly law

operational support: development /evaluation of tax accounting methodology, determination of tax and related consequences of complex transactions, development of regulations for interaction with counterparties for commercial prudence, assessment of actions for compliance with competition protection legislation and preparation of recommendations in this part;
consulting in the areas of specialization of practice in the course of project activities: investment, reorganization, asset purchase / sale transactions, mergers/acquisitions;
tax due diligence;
consulting in the field of international and cross-border taxation: on tax aspects of deoffshorization, application of legislation on controlled foreign companies, rules on the actual right to income and the procedure for automatic exchange of information;
support of the implementation of concession agreements /PPP agreements in terms of taxation and antimonopoly regulation;
advising on USA and international taxation of private clients.

Dispute settlement, protection of rights and legitimate interests

support during inspections of tax, customs and antimonopoly authorities: ensuring compliance with the rights of clients during verification activities, development of a defense strategy, preparation of evidence base in case of disputes;
pre-trial and judicial settlement of disputes with government agencies;
pre-trial and judicial protection of rights and legitimate interests in the event of unfair competition or other violation of the requirements of antimonopoly legislation.

Analysis of activities and implementation of tax reserves

assessment of activities for compliance with tax, customs and antimonopoly legislation;
development of proposals for acceptable reduction of the fiscal burden, structuring of groups of companies and determination of optimal models of ownership of Russian and foreign assets;
implementation of tax reserves: from assessing the potential for repayment of mandatory payments or reducing their size in the future to ensuring the actual economic effect of the proposed measures.

Professional recognition

Our expertise is confirmed by reputable world rating agencies.