Working with counterparties: how to protect a business from a common tax risk

Working with counterparties: how to protect a business from a common tax risk

Cooperation with unscrupulous counterparties leads to tax claims from the controlling authorities. On June 24, Alexey Stanchin, Head of Tax Compliance practice area, discussed ways of identifying risks before concluding a transaction and peculiarities of tax compliance. 

In his speech the expert told:

  • Doubtful counterparty: what to pay attention to? 
  • Proven "commercial prudence": what will give for the company?
  • Formation of principles and stages of tax compliance when checking counterparties. 
  • Approaches of tax authorities to proving counterparties' bad faith. 
  • Why the presence of a counterparty verification system in a company does not always minimize this risk. 

In the second part, Alexey discussed current practice and answered questions from the event participants.