People fill in the tax declarations at the entrance of the Federal Tax Service.
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Tax-Evadors to Be Caught in Registry Offices and Traffic Police
October 25, Tax police may get additional powers to check activities of the people suspected in fraud over the past six years and demand information on taxpayers from third persons, Vremya Novostey writes.
These amendments to the Tax Code have been worked out by Federal Tax Service as part of improving tax administration process.
In particular, the amendments envisage a possible examination of the taxpayer’s activities for the period of five instead of present three years, preceding the year of the check, and prolongs storing book-keeping documents from four to six years.
Officially, tax officers motivate the novelties by growth of economy and the tax reform. However, experts believe that the need to amend the law right now is caused by the present checks of large taxpayers like YUKOS, Vremya Novostey explains.
Besides, the amendments suggest a mechanism, which would make possible inquiries about the taxpayer from third persons. This would give tax agencies permission to inspect documents and things related to the suspect on the territories of third persons. At present, third persons can be involved in investigation only after criminal case is opened.
Special checks are proposed to be held in organizations, which are obliged to report on their clients to the Tax Service. These include banks, Police (MID) structures responsible for residential registration, civilian registry offices, traffic police (GIBDD), transport and realty registration chambers. In case the amendments are passed, special check of all these structures and state bodies may last up to two months and begin without a warning.
The amendments introduce a notion of “operative tax check,” held in places where cash is accepted from buyers, or places connected with production or inventory holdings, and other places from which incomes are derived.
Moreover, one of the amendments suggests another additional check in case a businessman complains about the work of the tax inspectors. At the moment, fiscal bodies can hold an additional examination only if the enterprise is being reorganized or liquidated.
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