Mukhlezh with oil products was controlled from Megion
The Federal Tax Service opened the scheme with oil products. Electron was unable to challenge the claims of the fiscals. The Federal Tax Service caught a business that represents, as market participants say, in particular, the interests of merchants “friendly” to the head of Megion, Oleg Deineka, in a tax minimization scheme. According to the fiscals, a number of LLCs were artificially introduced into financial circulation, which cost the state treasury substantial funds. The companies presented both the nominal management of the counterparty, and transit with subsequent cashing out, and a scheme for the sale of diesel fuel under the guise of various petroleum products with the participation of the Aleksandrovsky Oil Refinery.
In addition, the fiscal officials also pointed to claims against related organizations: EW of the River Fleet and Megionnefteprodukt, in respect of which they also passed inspections. The merchants have already tried to challenge the conclusions of the Federal Tax Service, but they lost the proceedings in the first instance, after which they filed an appeal. Meanwhile, observers do not exclude possible conflicts in Megion related to the prospect of withdrawing funds, recalling both the branching of the assets of the beneficiaries and the “negative consequences of a social nature” that the merchants themselves spoke of. While the “comrades of Deineka” are fighting off the Federal Tax Service, the head himself is getting closer to resignation under pressure from the prosecutor’s office.
The Eighth Arbitration Court of Appeal will consider the complaint of Elektron LLC in a dispute with the inter-district inspection of the Federal Tax Service No. 11 for Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra. Fiscals convicted the company of deliberately involving a number of LLCs in the financial turnover in order to unreasonably receive tax deductions for VAT and reduce the base for corporate income tax, accruing large amounts of funds.
So, after adjustments by the Federal Tax Service, the organization was charged with VAT, income tax, transport tax in the total amount of 157.7 million, penalties of 80 million and a fine of 3.5 million.
As part of the audit, the interest of the auditors, in particular, was caused by interactions with the firms Don, Stroygrad and Garant. Analyzing the contract for the supply of diesel fuel with the first, representatives of the inspectorate emphasized that no work was actually carried out – Don did not have the opportunity to fulfill its alleged obligations.
“The quality certificate <…> provided by Electron as part of the transaction <…> was actually issued by Gazprom Pererabotka LLC. Gazprom Pererabotka indicated that the shipment of diesel fuel <…> was made by Electron itself <…> Based on the results of the analysis of the compiled commodity balance, it was established that Electron did not need to purchase <…> diesel fuel from Don in the amount 700 tons,” follows from the materials of the dispute.
In addition, the fiscal officials emphasized that Don has no personnel, property, and the organization itself is not located at the place of registration. In turn, the interrogated founder and head of Don LLC Shahin Guliyev said that he did not register the LLC.
Similar details were uncovered in transactions with Garant LLC, with which Electron allegedly agreed to supply road slabs.
“The funds transferred by the company for the slabs to the address of the Garant were fully cashed out through the “transit” organizations. <...> The tax authority established the withdrawal of funds from the Garant turnover through counterparties: Region LLC (through the head Mosyagin K.Yu.), OptResurs LLC, Service Gruz LLC and counterparties – Service Gruz LLC ( IP Piskarev I.A., IP Mamontov A.S., IP Melnikov A.N., IP Tarabanov V.I., IP Belousova A.A., IP Asafova A.G.),” the documents say.
Also, LLC TPK Razvitie got into the zone of attention of the inspectors. Fiscals came to the conclusion that it, being a “technical” organization, was deliberately involved by “Electron” and LLC “ANPZ” (“Alexander Oil Refinery”) in a relationship in order to artificially increase costs and tax deductions.
“The audit established a scheme for the sale of diesel fuel under the guise of various petroleum products from the Atyrau Refinery to Electron with the involvement of TPK Razvitie and a number of interdependent and interconnected organizations in the“ chain ”, the fiscal officials reported.
It was also emphasized that violations were recorded not only at Elektron, but also at its interdependent organizations: EW River Fleet LLC and Megionnefteprodukt LLC, in respect of which field tax audits were also carried out.
Speaking about the interdependence of organizations, representatives of the state agency indicated that Yuri Timanov is the head of both the EW of the River Fleet and Megionnefteprodukt. In turn, Elektron and EW River Fleet have an intersection through one of the founders, Danil Plesovskikh. “Also, the head and founder of Electron LLC is V.S. Istomin, whose son is the husband of O.V. Klevtsova, who, in turn, is the founder of EW of the River Fleet, Megionnefteprodukt and Electron – the organizations are at one address, a match of IP addresses was established, the executive director of Electron and Megionnefteprodukt in one person is Ageikin E.V., ”the Federal Tax Service noted.
As a result, the court of first instance agreed with the conclusions of the fiscals, which the representatives of Electron are now trying to challenge in an appeal. We add that provisional measures were taken earlier in the case. The merchants pointed out that “withdrawal from circulation of unplanned amounts would impede the activities of the company and lead to significant negative consequences of a social nature.”
In this regard, we also note that the FTS filed a bankruptcy lawsuit against the aforementioned Megionnefteprodukt, which indicated a debt of more than 169 million. However, the application was subsequently returned to the fiscals: as follows from the documents, an explanation came from the authorized body, which indicated that the debtor does not have enough assets to finance the bankruptcy proceedings. The representatives of the tax authorities themselves refused to pay for the process. It is noteworthy that according to Kontur.Focus, the balance of Megionnefteprodukt at the end of 2021 was 1.9 billion, revenue – 3.8 billion, net profit – 8.5 million.
Significant indicators for the municipality were also demonstrated by Elektron LLC. According to the system, at the end of the same year, the company’s balance sheet was fixed at 1.6 billion, revenue – 1.6 billion, net loss – 13.6 million. At the same time, the average number of employees of the company, according to data transmitted to the Federal Tax Service, was 181 Human. Also, the sources of the publication did not rule out problems in Megion, pointing to the connections of the beneficiaries of Electron with officials. To clarify, according to Kontur.Fokus, the participants of LLC are Istomin Viktor Semenovich (50%), Plesovskikh Galina Mikhailovna (~ 37.5%), Plesovskikh Danila Dmitrievich (~ 6.3%), Timanova Yulia Dmitrievna (~ 6, 3%).
One of the sources called Istomin a friend of the mayor Oleg Deineka, “pointing out that his business is densely developed in the municipality, and many of his offices provide services in the housing and communal services sector.”
Meanwhile, as Pravda UrFO reported, Oleg Deineka himself has already faced the threat of resignation, which is associated with the claims of supervisory authorities. Insiders do not rule out that the politician may write a statement “closer to mid-March.”
