Manipulations, probably by interconnected companies from Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, which were actively working with Rosneft structures, in particular, in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, created a threat of a billion-dollar hole in the budget when the next claims were made against Surgut-based Severinstroy. The firm, which cooperated with Tyumenneftegaz, Kharampurneftegaz and Rospan International, was presented with a formal document flow, nominal leaders, apparently, fake signatures and transit of funds, followed by a large cash withdrawal through the settlement accounts of travel agencies and individual entrepreneurs. The company tried to challenge the findings of the auditors, but lost. At the same time, the director of Severinstroy, Sergei Guryev, under pressure from the Khanty investigators of the TFR, had already admitted his guilt in schemes with taxes worth hundreds of millions. It is noteworthy that the same businessman at certain periods was listed as a member of the bankrupt SMU Neftekhim from Surgut. Now the organization is in receivership, and the Federal Tax Service, apparently, is trying to get more than 600 million in it. Structures of Rosneft Oil Company also take an active part in the case. While the oilmen are mastering litigation, market participants are talking about “burning out services”, and with them hundreds of jobs, and are looking at “the possible role of customers in conflicts.”
JSC “Severinstroy” (Surgut) lost multimillion-dollar proceedings of the inspection of the Federal Tax Service for the city of Surgut – the arbitration refused to recognize the decision of the fiscals as illegal.
To clarify, following the results of an on-site audit, the company was held liable in the form of fines for 48.1 million rubles. In addition, she was presented with VAT arrears in the amount of 165.3 million, income tax – 223.9 million, and penalties of 196 million rubles.
The basis for the requirements was the conclusion of the auditors that a number of contractors-LLCs were “formally legitimate” and were involved in understating the base for corporate income tax and claiming unreasonable VAT deductions.
Representatives of “Severinstroy” tried to challenge the claims in the department of the Federal Tax Service, but were able to repel the claims only in part of the counterparty LLC “NTZ”. The amount of tax sanctions was also reduced by 4 times. After that, the company from Surgut initiated a lawsuit.
We emphasize that this is not the first resonant conflict of Severinstroy associated with the Federal Tax Service. Thus, the previous audit of the company established the incomplete payment of taxes in the amount of 364 million rubles. As Pravda UrFO reported, based on the results of that audit, the Investigative Committee of the ICR for Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra opened a criminal case against the director of Severinstroy, Sergey Guryev, on the fact of tax evasion on an especially large scale on the grounds of a crime under paragraph “b” of part 2 of article 199 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. However, it was subsequently terminated in connection with the repayment of the debt, when the entrepreneur applied for a confession.
Analyzing the new conflict, representatives of the Federal Tax Service noted that the main customers of Severinstroy in the period under review were: PJSC NK Rosneft, JSC Tyumenneftegaz (developing the Russkoye field in the YaNAO), Kharampurneftegaz LLC (created to develop the Kharampurskoye field in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug), JSC Rospan International (which develops the Vostochno-Urengoysky, Novo-Urengoysky and Resursny license areas in Yamal) and LLC Sevkomneftegaz (develops the Severo-Komsomolskoye field in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug).
Severinstroy carried out work for the specified customers at the facilities using materials from customers and its own materials, while the materials of the contractor are highlighted in a separate line in the certificates of the KS-3 form, fiscal officials say. The inspection found that the cost of materials purchased from “technical” contractors amounted to 81% of the total cost of Severinstroy’s needs.
Also, representatives of the Federal Tax Service focus on attempts to interfere with the check. For example, against the backdrop of audits, Severinstroy tried to “move” to Ufa, while inspectorate officials encountered problems when they tried to get into the premises at the company’s location in Surgut. Speaking about the scheme for minimizing deductions, representatives of the Federal Tax Service, in particular, analyzed in detail the relationship with SG Prime LLC.
“According to the protocol of interrogation , the founder of SG Prime, Shevtsov, registered this organization without the purpose of engaging in entrepreneurial activity. The director of SG Prime, Kozyrev, avoided appearing before the tax authority . The inspection found that the debt to SG Prime amounted to over 600 million rubles, while evidence of the counterparty taking actions to collect the disputed debt was not presented. Severinstroy’s funds in the amount of 149.6 million
For a number of transactions, the inspectorate found a significant overpricing of goods, given the fact that Severinstroy had direct relationships with suppliers and manufacturers. As a result, the KhMAO Arbitration Court fully agreed with the position of the fiscals. The decision has not yet entered into force, there are no data on the appeal in the file cabinet.
We add that now the structures of NK Rosneft are actively suing Severinstroy. The courts deal with cases with multimillion-dollar claims from JSC Rospan International. Also this month, Kharampurneftegaz LLC filed a lawsuit against a company from Surgut.
However, the aforementioned Sergey Guryev was listed as a participant not only in Severinstroy, but also in certain periods of the bankrupt JSC SMU Neftekhim (Surgut). Pravda UrFO also spoke in detail about the problems of the latter with the tax authorities. At the same time, based on the bankruptcy process, the IFTS for Surgut managed to include claims for 216 million and more than 600 million in the register of claims of SMU Neftekhim. In addition, the assets of Rosneft Oil Company also “entered” the register.
The publication has already talked in detail about the sweeping of the service market, which has become massive, according to experts, in which the specialists of the Federal Tax Service took an active part. At the same time, the interlocutors of the publication drew attention to the frequent problems of Rosneft contractors, “hinting at the possible role of the customer in conflicts.” Industry specialists, on the other hand, focused on long-term distortions in the market, which worsened after the departure of “foreign partners”.