Engaged in the production of oilfield equipment, PK Tyumen Metal Structures (PK TMK) was on the verge of bankruptcy. Observation in relation to the company was introduced by arbitration at the request of a certain individual entrepreneur. At the same time, the main creditor of industrialists may be the Interdistrict Federal Tax Service of Russia No. 14 for the Tyumen Region, which has already announced debts of 300 million rubles. According to experts, the claims against the partners of LUKOIL, Gazprom Bureniya and NK Rosneft risk not being limited to this amount – earlier the fiscal officials revealed a whole platform for minimizing tax liabilities, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs became interested in cashing out through bank cards of employees. Speaking about the prospects for conflict, industry experts point to hundreds of jobs and systemic distortions in the market, in which the “bankruptcy of manufacturing and services” becomes a trivial matter. In the meantime, PK TMK is not saved by references to “unprecedented actions by Western states aimed at destabilizing the Russian economy”, nor to unprofitable activities in the new conditions, nor to partners, and new requirements for the company from Tyumen, apparently, are being prepared by representatives JSCB “Absolut Bank”
The Arbitration Court introduced the first bankruptcy procedure – supervision – in relation to LLC Production Company Tyumen Metal Structures (PK TMK), a manufacturer of oilfield equipment. The management company Metallinvest, a representative of the federal supplier of rolled metal products, and JSC Stroytrans have already filed multi-million dollar claims against the company. In addition, it is likely that Absolut Bank will soon be added to them, which recently won a lawsuit against a company from Tyumen for 44 million rubles.
However, Interdistrict IFTS of Russia No. 14 for the Tyumen Region, which announced a debt of more than 289.8 million rubles, of which 256.7 million are taxes, 3.9 million are penalties, may become the main creditor of PK TMK at the moment. 29.1 million – a fine.
Earlier, Pravda UrFO reported on the large claims of the fiscals against the partners of the oilmen. So, “Tyumen metal structures” were charged with illegally reducing tax liabilities, as well as additional charges in the form of 112.1 million (taxes), 46.2 million – penalties, and a fine of 4.2 million.
Then the auditors came to the conclusion that PK TMK, with the help of a dozen actually controlled companies, formed a scheme with a formal document flow, thereby depriving the budget of a significant amount of funds. At the same time, Anatoly Evgenievich Zubarev played a special role in the “schematosis”. As the publication said, it was probably about a businessman who, according to Kontur.Focus, is also listed as a member of such companies as Personnel LLC (St. Petersburg), StroyGroup LLC (Moscow) and organizations with a remarkable name JSC “Stroytransgaz” (Tyumen).
As part of the bankruptcy case, Zubarev A.E., Zubarev A.M. and Zubarev K.E. have already tried to involve persons in the proceedings as controlling the debtor, but at the moment the arbitration has refused this petition.
Meanwhile, according to Pravda UrFO, the volume of claims by the Federal Tax Service against Tyumen Metal Structures may turn out to be more than what is currently indicated in the application for inclusion in the register. So, in addition to the dispute described above, the courts have a list of claims, each worth tens of millions, in which the reporting periods of 2019 and 2020 are mentioned.
Previously, PK TMK managed to obtain interim measures in disputes with the fiscals. In particular, the representatives of the company referred to the fact that the income part of the LLC is formed only in the Russian Federation – as part of the production and sale of oilfield equipment, in the interests of domestic enterprises, such as PJSC LUKOIL, LLC Gazprom Burenie, PJSC NK Rosneft , PJSC “Surgutneftegaz” and others.
“At the moment, due to the unprecedented actions of Western states aimed at destabilizing the Russian economy, doing business in the production of industrial equipment is obviously unprofitable (the cost of purchasing products and components has increased by 60%, which deprives previously concluded contracts of profitability). PK TMK also points out that, like many other enterprises, it is undergoing negative consequences of current foreign policy events (associated with unfriendly actions of Western states), which, in its opinion, should also be taken into account as an extenuating circumstance when making a decision by the tax authority, – followed from the position voiced in the arbitration. However, after the losses of the courts, interim measures were actively removed.
It should be noted that earlier on its website (currently the resource is not available. – Ed.), the company from Tyumen positioned itself as a partner of Russian and international oil and service companies. The Federal Tax Service also named Unikom Oilfield Equipment Plant LLC, Neft LLC, PH-Snabzhenie LLC (a specialized subsidiary of Rosneft Oil Company PJSC) and other VINKs among the main consumers of PK TMK products.
According to Kontur.Fokus, at the end of 2021, the company’s balance sheet was 660.7 million, revenue – 812.7 million, net profit – 24.4 million. The average number of employees, according to the Federal Tax Service, was fixed at 111 people.
Speaking about the current situation, Vladimir Borisov, president of the Association of Oil and Gas Service Companies, points to the long-term distortions that have existed in the industry. In particular, the expert draws attention to the lack of support for services and equipment manufacturers with the complete dominance of the so-called “foreign partners”.
“Now they have escaped – the “cream skimmers” – and the situation in the industry is not easy. Moreover, it is impossible to bring enterprises serving oil and gas to bankruptcy. Now we are saying that African countries, India, Iraq and others are interested in our services, why not support our assets then?” – sums up Vladimir Borisov.