Anastasia has over 4 years of professional experience in tax and taxation. Prior to joining Tax Compliance, she worked at BIG-4 in the Tax Dispute Resolution Group. She graduated with a Bachelor's and Master's degree from the Faculty of Law of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
She specializes in supporting companies in pre-trial analysis and tax audits, representing clients in pre-trial and court settlement of disputes with tax authorities.
Among the significant projects realized by Anastasia are:
- Supporting a major pharmaceutical distributor in the framework of judicial settlement of a dispute with the tax authority on the issue of «splitting» the business.
- Supporting a leading company in a pre-trial appeal against the results of a tax audit on the issue of reclassification of intra-group services as hidden dividend distribution.
- Supporting a client during an on-site tax audit in the retail sector led to a reduction in the tax authority's claims with regard to challenging advertising expenses.
Anastasia is the author of articles and commentaries for business and specialized media.
Cases
Support of pre-check analysis of a large retail chain on the issue of settlement of an unformed VAT deduction source
Preparing a legal position on royalty payments by a Russian organization to a foreign company
Representing a major pharmaceutical company in court on the issue of offsetting tax overpayments
Supporting a developer in an on-site audit on the taxation of interest payments to a Cypriot organisation and the legality of accounting for construction costs
Preparing a legal position on the issue of VAT treatment of intragroup services of a large catering chain
Judicial appeal of business "fragmentation" in the pharmaceutical industry
Assistance in obtaining state accreditation in the IT sector and analysing IT services for the purposes of applying tax incentives
Support in obtaining tax installments for an agricultural producer
Analysis of tax risks associated with the spin-off of an IT function in a company
Pre-trial appeal of decisions issued as a result of field tax audits of two group companies
