Support during supervisory authorities audits, tax disputes, risk analysis
A set of support services during audits : from a preliminary express audit to court appeals
Natalia Sukhareva
Auditor, Chief of Tax Practice
Proper preparation to an audit results in minimization of fines and allows to reach the most predictable result.
The complexity and frequent changes in tax legislation quite often result in errors in reporting and paying taxes.
Such errors may result in a scheduled or an unscheduled audit. In 99.9% of cases, the auditors charge additional taxes, fees, impose penalties and fines.
What to do?
The most important thing is to assess the risks. You can do it yourself or engage professionals.
Consider the advantages of outsourcing consultants:
- Independent assessment of the company’s vulnerabilities which remain invisible in day-to-day operations.
- Experience in responding promptly to changes in tax legislation.
- Hands-on experience of support provision during audits in various economic sectors.
- Involvement of professionals in various disciplines: experts, auditors, tax consultants, lawyers and counsels.
ID Legal Group – audits provides support with:
- Office audit;
- Scheduled document audits;
- Unscheduled document audits on the following issues:
- negative value and budgetary refund;
- currency legislation;
- transfer pricing.
- By taxpayer’s request;
- Winding up audit;
- Field audits of cash registers, production and circulation of excisable goods, etc.;
- Inventory reconciliation support;
- Labour legislation, income tax, unified social contribution.
HOW DO WE WORK?
Express-audit
Accounting, tax reporting, source documents are audited, external risks are identified and assessed.
Outcome: risks of potential violations and assessment of additional tax liabilities are identified.
Elimination of the risks related to violations and potential additional charges
Based on the express audit outcomes, recommendations are provided how to minimize the risks, since a timely corrected error or competent correction of documentation affects the final result of the audit.
Developing a defence strategy for the audit
Based on the express audit, eliminated errors and violations.
Drafting a defence strategy and recommendations how to act during the audit.
Support during the audit
Tax auditors and lawyers will be communicating with inspectors. They will advise on validity of the requests for submitting documents for verification, feasibility of providing the documents in the requested scope, prepare responses to relevant requests, coordinate actions in such a way as to neutralize the risks identified during the express audit.
Obtaining an inspection report with the most predictable result
ID Legal Group is a team of professional experts, auditors, tax consultants, lawyers and counsels specializing in tax legislation.
If necessary, professionals from ID Legal Group may represent your interests in the State Tax Service and in court; appeal against the inspection report, draft an appeal and carry out a judicial appeal against a supervisory authority’s decision.
Remember : the most efficient result is achievable in cases where we are requested to provide support from the very beginning.
Analysis of tax risks of your company
We shall conduct a pre-audit verification, audit, assessment of tax risks, monitoring of risks related to your counterparties, and draft your comprehensive defence strategy for the future.
Support during audits
We advise you and communicate with inspectors during the audit.
Representing of the Client's interests in a supervisory authority
We are at your side at all the stages.
Drawing up responses to written requests from supervisory authorities
A correctly drafted response document may limit or prevent further actions and powers of inspectors.
Strategy development and collection of the body of evidence
For the clients in the cases where the inspectors claim violations during the audit.
Development of a strategic legal position on the basis of the Audit Report
With a predictable result.
Appealing against the inspection report, appealing against the inspectors’ actions
Professionally drafted documents for administrative appeals on the basis of the developed strategy guarantee and preparation of additional evidence base in order to achieve a predictable final result.
Drafting an appeal against a supervisory authority’s decision and representing your interests in administrative appeal proceedings
We defend your interests at all stages and participate in all commissions of the fiscal authority that considers appeals.
Court appeal against the decision
Based on the defence and support strategy, as well as assessment of potential risks, a court appeal has a greater prospect than an administrative one.
Express audit?
A unique offer from ID Legal Group. A team of professionals will quickly analyse your company’s financial and economic operations and assess tax risks, because we can predict precisely how the tax service act at each stage of the audit, we perfectly know how they assess and identify risks, how they document violations.
Within the legal framework, knowing the sequence of supervisory authorities’ steps, ID Legal Group will ensure security of your business : We identify potential risks and predict behaviour of fiscal authorities.
Remember – the most efficient result is achievable in cases where we are requested to provide support from the very beginning.