Mikhail BegunovMikhail Begunov

Mikhail Begunov

Member of the Chamber of Tax Consultants, Lawyer at the Moscow Chamber of Advocates
Industries

Manufacturing, IT business, Pharmaceuticals, Retail, Real Estate and Construction

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Biography

Mikhail has over 25 years of professional experience in taxation and is a practising lawyer. He graduated from the Kutafin Moscow State Law University with a degree in law. Before heading Tax Compliance, Mikhail worked as a partner in a consulting company, where he oversaw the tax department.

He specialises in representing clients in complex tax disputes and assisting with desk and field tax audits. Thanks to his efforts, a significant number of tax disputes have been resolved in favour of clients at the pre-trial stage.

He has extensive experience advising clients on a wide range of tax law issues, as well as on developing tax strategies and forecasting industry tax risks in construction, retail and transportation.

Mikhail's notable projects include:

• Representing Russia's largest cosmetics distributor in a dispute with the tax authorities over charges amounting to more than RUB 3 billion, resulting in a reduction of the tax arrears by RUB 2.5 billion.

• Challenging a tax authority's act using the tax reconstruction mechanism for one of the largest metal trading corporations in Russia and neighbouring countries, which reduced the claims by RUB 4 billion.

• Legal support for a transaction involving the acquisition of assets in India by a mainland company from the UAE.

• Analysis of tax risks amounting to RUB 1 billion, currency and anti-sanctions restrictions in relation to a potential transaction for the acquisition of a business from an "unfriendly" participant in the Company.

Mikhail's professionalism and the high level of his projects have been recognised by key international and Russian legal ratings (Pravo-300, Kommersant, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Best Lawyers), which rank him among the best tax lawyers in the country.

Certified tax consultant. Member of the Chamber of Tax Consultants since 2007. Member of the Russian Bar Association.

Regular speaker at relevant tax conferences. Author of expert articles and commentaries for business media.

Cases

Production
Successfully
Tax monitoring

Development of requirements for the functionality of an analytical data mart for the purposes of tax monitoring

Retail
Successfully
Support in the framework of pre-test analysis

Support of pre-check analysis of a large retail chain on the issue of settlement of an unformed VAT deduction source

IT
Successfully
Tax support for IT-business

Checking the possibility of applying the tax incentives provided for in the IT maneuver

Retail
Successfully
Advice on customs value determination

Supporting an audit of the inclusion of dividends in the customs value of goods

Retail
1 billion
Tax-support

Analysis of risks in the realization of Russian business by "unfriendly" residents

Transport and logistics
Successfully
Advising on the application of tax legislation

Advising the client on personal income taxation of individuals working outside the Russian Federation

Retail
Successfully
Criminal defense of business for tax crimes

Represented a major supplier of shut-off and control valves in a criminal case brought under Article 199 of the Russian Criminal Code before the tax authorities' decision on the field audit.

Production
Successfully
Pre-court settlement of tax disputes

Support of the client in the framework of the appeal of the client on the issue of the legality of accounting exchange rate differences

Retail
Successfully
Pre-court settlement of tax disputes

Confirmation of the absence of an unjustified tax benefit in the form of a surcharge on goods

Natural resources and energy
Successfully
Consulting in the UAE

Legal support of an acquisition of assets in India

Construction
Successfully
Support in the framework of pre-test analysis

Retail
102 million
Pre-court settlement of tax disputes

Preparing a legal position on royalty payments by a Russian organization to a foreign company

Production
Successfully
Consulting in the UAE

Supporting the procedure of dismissal of an employee of a mainland - company in the UAE

Pharmaceuticals
Successfully
Court settlement of tax disputes

Judicial protection of the interests of a major pharmaceutical company in challenging the claims of transactions with "unfair" counterparties

Retail
Successfully
Consulting in the UAE

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

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