Locations Media Center Subscribe Contact Us

Select your language

Select your location

We use cookies to give you the best possible experience with b1.ru. By continuing to browse this site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Read our Cookie Policy.
back

Maksym Kuzmin

B1 Manager Moscow

Tax Policy and Controversy, Tax, Law and Business Support

avatar

Professional experience

  • Maksym joined the firm in 2019. He has over 14 years of professional experience in taxation, including work for the tax authorities and over six years with a major company in Central and Eastern Europe

  • Maksym’s key projects include:

     

    • Assistance in pre-litigation and court disputes with the tax authorities on various matters:
      • Business splitting
      • Reclassification of transactions
      • Application of thin capitalization rules
      • Intragroup expenses
      • Application of double tax treaties
      • Mineral extraction tax on ore concentrates containing precious metals

     

    • Tax consulting and transaction support, including in the following areas:
      • Cross-border transactions
      • Tax benefits (special investment contracts, regional investment projects, investment tax credits, free economic zones, etc.)
      • Transaction structuring and asset ownership
      • Unjustified tax benefit concept (Article 54.1 of the Russian Tax Code)
      • Deoffshorization

     

    • Tax reviews, tax due diligence and tax optimization projects 
  • Maksym handles projects for clients across multiple sectors, such as retail and consumer goods, food production, real estate and construction, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, mining, manufacturing, etc. 

  • He has represented clients before the tax authorities of various levels, relevant ministries and legislative bodies, and has attended hearings at courts of all instances

  • Maksym has a wealth of legislative and appellate counseling experience, including drafting appeals to the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court

Competencies

  • Support and resolution of disputes with the tax authorities at pre-litigation and litigation stages

  • Tax consulting

  • Tax reviews

  • Transaction tax support

Education

  • Degree in Jurisprudence from Donetsk National University

  • АССА diploma in Taxation in the Russian Federation

  • CIMA diploma in Performance Management