Alexey StanchinAlexey Stanchin

Alexey Stanchin

Head of Tax Practice
Industries

IT industry, Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing, Retail, Real Estate and Construction, Transportation

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Biography

Alexey has over 10 years of professional experience in tax consulting. He graduated from Kutafin Moscow State Law University with a bachelor's and master's degree in law, specialising in tax consulting. Before joining Tax Compliance, he worked for Russian consulting companies.

He specialises in tax risk analysis and management, supporting companies in pre-audit analysis and tax audits, as well as representing clients in pre-trial and court settlements of disputes with tax authorities. He has represented companies in such industries as catering, retail, healthcare, construction, and jewellery.

Alexey develops strategies in complex multi-episode disputes, develops methodologies for calculating reconstruction or assessing damage to the budget, assesses "gaps" and performs VAT calculations, including using the VAT automated control system. He currently oversees the development of the pharmaceutical and IT sectors.

Among Alexey's significant completed projects are:

• Presentation of the calculation of actual tax liabilities of a large construction company, not based on standard approaches of the Federal Tax Service of Russia, allowed to avoid additional charges in the amount of 2. 5 billion roubles at the pre-trial stage.

• Defending the interests of a large pharmacy chain in challenging the tax authority's claims regarding "business fragmentation. " Thanks to a strategy developed to prove the business purpose of the pharmacy acquisitions, it was possible to reduce additional tax assessments by RUB 510 million at the appeal stage.

• Mitigation of tax risks related to bonus payments and payments to a foreign parent company for a major distributor in the pharmaceutical sector as part of an on-site tax audit.

• The development of a defence strategy made it possible to reduce the tax authority's claims against the master franchisee of a global fast food chain in relation to its dealings with "technical companies" providing outsourcing services and performing construction work from RUB 2 billion to RUB 800 million.

Alexey has been recognised by Russian legal ratings (Pravo-300, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Kommersant) as one of the best tax lawyers in the country.

He is a regular participant and speaker at tax and industry conferences. He is a regular author of expert articles and commentaries for business and professional media.

Cases

Construction
800 mln
Pre-court settlement of tax disputes

Challenging the results of an on-site tax audit of a Russian general contractor

Construction
338 mln
Support of tax audits

Advising a construction company on interaction with the tax authority during an on-site tax audit

Transport and logistics
Successfully
Pre-court settlement of tax disputes

Preparation of a legal position confirming the reality of freight forwarding services in conjunction with the reconstruction of a number of episodes

Production
25 mln
Pre-court settlement of tax disputes

Preparation of a legal position confirming the feasibility of using raw materials in production

Production
300 million
Pre-court settlement of tax disputes

Preparation of a legal position confirming the possibility and legality of the application of "tax reconstruction

Retail
Successfully
Consulting in the UAE

Analyzing the reporting procedure with respect to the fact of registration and profits of a controlled foreign company

Production
Successfully
Assistance in granting tax deferrals (installments)

Registration of installments for a manufacturer of construction materials

Pharmaceuticals
510 million
Court settlement of tax disputes

Judicial appeal of business "fragmentation" in the pharmaceutical industry

Transport and logistics
124 million
Pre-court settlement of tax disputes

Preparation of a legal position confirming the reality of freight forwarding services

Retail
Successfully
Support in the framework of pre-test analysis

Support of a tax audit for a Russian advertising company

Pharmaceuticals
5.7 million
Pre-court settlement of tax disputes

Construction
278 million
Court settlement of tax disputes

Proved in the trial court that the engineering company was not a beneficiary of the scheme

Pharmaceuticals
Successfully
Assistance in obtaining tax amnesty for business splitting

Advising a company on the possibility of applying an amnesty for business splitting

Production
Successfully
Assistance in obtaining tax amnesty for business splitting

Advising a public organization in the framework of the formation of amendments to the tax amnesty for business splitting

Retail
Successfully
Tax-support

Developing a legal structure for a large Russian catering company

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