Integrites has successfully defended the interests of Philip Morris Ukraine in a dispute against the Specialized State Tax Inspection for Work.
The dispute involved Philip Morris Ukraine’s challenge to a tax notice, increasing the amount of excise tax payable to UAH 42.9 million (approximately EUR 2.65 million). That notice, Integrites reports, was issued based on findings obtained from an unscheduled field tax inspection. After hearing Integrites' arguments, the Kharkiv Administrative Court of Appeal fully canceled the decision of the tax authority and recognized the claims of Philip Morris Ukraine.
Integrites lawyers working on the case included Vyacheslav Korchev, Integrites Senior Partner, Counsel Denys Kytsenko, and firm lawyers Oleg Radutny and Telman Martyrosyan.
This is the second time this year the firm has successfully represented Philip Morris before Ukrainian tax authorities (see CEE Legal Matters on February 14, 2014).
