Arbitrage Court invalidated the claims of tax authorities against Sea Port of Saint Petersburg OSJC
According to the results of hearing of the Ninth Arbitrage Appellate Court (September 6, 2006) the decision of the Moscow Arbitrage Court dated May 15, 2006 has come into effect. According to the decision, the claim of the Interregional Inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service of RF against Sea Port of Saint Petersburg has been acknowledged to be unjustified. This information has been provided today by the press service of Sea Port of Saint Petersburg OJSC. The report says, that the company confirmed its title for offset or return of 30 million 290 thou rubles voluntary paid to the Federal Budget as tax, fine and penalty.
The demand of Interregional Inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service of RF as regards payment of the above amount was issued on the ground of the results of the inspection carried out at Morport SPb in 2002 and was received by the Company on December 30, 2005. The port being fair taxpayer transferred the above amount in the first quarter of 2006 to the budgets of all levels.