Ekaterina Kopylova
Ekaterina Kopylova Ekaterina Kopylova

Ekaterina Kopylova

Tax consultant
Industries

Transport and logistics, Real estate and construction, Pharmaceuticals, Retail

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Biography

Ekaterina graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University with Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Law, specialising in tax administration and consulting, protection of taxpayers' rights. Prior to joining Tax Compliance, Ekaterina worked at the largest Russian consulting law firm and one of the BIG-4 firms.

Ekaterina specialises in representing clients in pre-trial and court settlement of disputes with tax authorities, advising on Russian and international taxation issues, including the application of preferential provisions of tax legislation, analysis and management of tax risks, as well as subsidiary liability issues.

Ekaterina has been directly involved in the following projects:

- supporting clients in pre-trial and court settlement of major disputes with tax authorities on the legality of accounting for expenses / application of VAT deductions for transactions with "technical" companies

- judicial defence of a client against being held vicariously liable for the company's tax debts in a bankruptcy case

- advising a client on the recovery of tax losses caused to a subsidiary company by the actions of its CEO in a court of law

- analysing and preparing an opinion on the possibility of applying special tax regimes and benefits in connection with the implementation of an investment project

- supporting a client in reducing the amount of property tax assessed through a judicial challenge of the cadastral value of real estate objects.

Ekaterina is also an author of expert commentaries in business and professional media.

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