Tax and legal services
There are certain tax and legal implications for every transaction an organization undertakes, from the introduction of new insurance plans to the acquisition of companies. Our tax and legal specialists can help your company understand national and international tax structures and align the tax function with your business objectives.
Tax services include
- Preparation of a step-by-step plan for statutory and tax accounting purposes. This should include detailed instructions on the recognition of income and expenses under each operation specified in the insurance plan for the insurance company and its clients
- Tax due diligence of insurance companies
- Recommendations on the tax-efficient ways of acquiring businesses, including analysis of tax positions and tax risks of merging companies
Dispute resolution
Insurance businesses often face the tax authorities’ resistance when demands on overpaid tax refunds are made, disagreements over the results of tax audits are considered and unlawful actions and decisions of tax authorities and its officials are challenged in an administrative procedure. Thus, tax dispute resolution services are especially relevant for the remedy of the taxpayer re the following:
- Tax consulting re sophisticated legal issues
- Analysis of tax risks related to insurance
- Mediation tax dispute procedures, including tax audit support
- Court representation re tax disputes
- Consulting regarding the interaction with law enforcement authorities, in regard to tax issues, in order to minimize the external influences on business
We render the following legal services:
- Establishing insurance companies, including those, with the participation of foreign investors
- Drafting documentation for establishing an insurance company and obtaining a license for it
- Obtaining preliminary permissions from and notifying insurance supervisory bodies and antimonopoly authorities
- Complying with the provisions of Russian legislation on the insurance industry
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