A commotion in chicken coins

Today, in 13 regions of Russia, checks and excavation of documents in the offices of large agricultural holdings were held. Investigative measures are carried out by the Federal Tax Service together with the FSB, their goal is to eliminate the "sites" for illegal reimbursement of export VAT. The fight against unjustified tax optimization in the field of agricultural turnover has been carried out since 2017, at least five such “sites” have been identified.

Interfax reported inspections at agrarian enterprises with reference to sources. They affected 13 subjects: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tambov, Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk, Voronezh, Moscow, Saratov, Penza, Leningrad, Belgorod, Lipetsk region and Mordovia. The reason for the searches was suspicion of tax evasion and illegal VAT compensation. Later, the Federal Tax Service confirmed the fact of verification for the involvement of agricultural holdings in the illegal scheme of minimizing tax obligations.

Animals on the farm / AGN "Moscow" / Photo: Kiselev Sergey

“Based on the results of these measures, an assessment of the degree of involvement of the largest flour-breeding, livestock, feed and other processors in the illegal scheme for minimizing tax liabilities and thereby obtaining an unreasonable competitive advantage over the rest of the market, which conduct transparent procurement activities without tax risks,” the press service of the department said .

The Federal Tax Service has been fighting tax fraud for two years for grain export. To this end, a charter in the field of agricultural turnover was adopted. It was signed by more than 3.5 thousand mosquitoes in 76 regions, thereby taking obligations to refrain from receiving a competitive advantage due to non -payment of tax payments or participation in the schemes of the organization of illegal compensation of VAT, as well as prevent itself in such schemes.

However, this did not solve the problem. As the Federal Tax Service is commented on, today the five largest sites of unscrupulous suppliers are identified, creating the conditions for the legalization of VAT, which is declared by grain processors in tax deductions. In addition, it has already been established that smaller regional and interregional sites continue to operate on the market, which leads to inconsistencies of taxes. Earlier, the National Association of Exporters of Agricultural Products (NESSP) calculated that the reeling losses of the budget are estimated at 65 billion rubles a year.

Tractor in the field / pixabay.com

Today, part of the agricultural companies pays a single agricultural digest, which frees out of VAT, while the rest pay it at a rate of 10%. During export operations, VAT is returned, so manufacturers come up with a variety of schemes for obtaining these funds, acting through intermediaries.

The Russian grain Union was informed about the activities of the FSB and the Federal Tax Service in relation to the companies that signed the Charter, but not compliance with it, as its President Arkady Zlochevsky told RBC. Companies react to checks in different ways. For example, the Ural “Healthy Farm”, which produces chilled and frozen foods from poultry and pork meat, semi -finished products, smoked delicacies, sausages, meat delicacies and deliver information about searches . The company "Rusagro" did not deny that they were seized with documentation. “We do not see anything strange in this. We provide documents, ”said the CEO of the company Maxim Basov. Cherkizovo’s group of companies also does not show surprise, calling a planned check: “ They check the Cherkizovo group, but regular suppliers of goods, works, services with which we interact. At the moment, the company is working closely with the regulatory authorities and provides all the necessary documents, helping government agencies identify unscrupulous market participants . ”

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“History is swollen out of the blue,” said Oleg Khamyanov, deputy general director of the Bogdanovichi component factory . - The company works, all responsibilities are fulfilled, no complaints about us are observed. We work successfully and stably, regardless of all circumstances. We have supplies to other regions. Despite the fact that the enterprise is the property of the state - 51%, it shows the dynamics of the development of quality and everything else that private enterprises do not show. Probably, it attracts attention, because someone thinks that I need to lead the case, I don’t know. ”

It also became known that the Association of conscientious market participants, together with the Public Chamber, created an information resource that will inform the market participants about persons who, according to the ASK NAT-2 system (the new Federal Tax Service Service to verify VAT deductions), signs of an unformed source of tax benefit in the form of deduction of VAT. It will allow market participants to make reasonable decisions on the choice of the counterparty, to be able to quickly settle the “gap”.