Nikita ZharovNikita Zharov

Nikita Zharov

Head of Tax Practice
Industries

Transport and Logistics, IT business, Real Estate and Construction, Pharmaceuticals, Energy, Manufacturing

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Biography

Nikita has over 10 years of professional experience in taxation. He graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University with a bachelor's and master's degree in law and completed a professional retraining programme in commercial accounting at the National Research University Higher School of Economics. He also completed an advanced training course in international taxation at the Tedo Academy (formerly PwC). Before joining Tax Compliance, he worked for BIG-4 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 advises clients on international taxation and issues related to the application of UAE tax and corporate law.

Among Nikita's significant completed projects are:

• Representing a client in a tax audit and pre-trial settlement of a dispute with the tax authorities regarding the application of a reduced withholding tax rate on dividends paid to a foreign shareholder from the Republic of Cyprus.

• Advising an investment company from the UAE on the organisation of asset ownership structures within the Group in the UAE, Hong Kong and China.

• Support for an M&A transaction involving the acquisition by a Russian fund of shares in a holding company from the UAE.

• Advising a client (UHNWI) on the organisation of a structure for holding personal and corporate assets in the form of real estate in the UAE.

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

Cases

IT
Successfully
Tax support for IT-business

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

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

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

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

Construction
Successfully
Pre-court settlement of tax disputes

Support of the client in appealing to the Central Office of the Federal Tax Service of Russia against the decision of the tax authority on the issue of bringing to responsibility for willful non-payment of taxes

Pharmaceuticals
Successfully
Court settlement of tax disputes

Representing a major pharmaceutical company in court on the issue of offsetting tax overpayments

Construction
Successfully

Express - analysis of client's business activities for the presence of tax risks

Retail
Successfully
Advice on taxation of CFCs

Analysis of tax risks associated with CFC notification filing

Production
Successfully
Tax-support

Advising a large restaurant chain in identifying tax provisions

Retail
Successfully
Pre-court settlement of tax disputes

Preparing a legal position on the issue of VAT treatment of intragroup services of a large catering chain

IT
Successfully
Advising on the application of tax legislation

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