Tax authorities began to actively check Russians with foreign accounts

The tax authorities began to actively check the Russians who own foreign accounts and assets. RBC learned about this from several tax consultants.

As the FTL Advisers partner Daria Nevskaya told the publication, some received “letters of happiness” at the end of 2020. EY partner Anton Ionov explained that the Federal Tax Service (FTS) had to be in time before the deadline for initiating on-site inspections for 2017 expired, since a period of not more than three calendar years can be checked as part of an on-site audit.

At the same time, 2017 was the first period for which the FTS received information from foreign colleagues as part of the automatic exchange of financial information under the auspices of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), that is, data on the accounts and assets of Russians abroad. They are processed by the specialized system “Tax-3” for tax evasion abroad or concealment of income of foreign companies controlled by them (CFC).

/Media reports.