01 June 2004 05:55
Court upholds suspension of Tax Ministry claim against Yukos (Part 2)
The Tax Ministry has one month to appeal the June 1 decision.
The Moscow Arbitration Court on May 19 suspended a Tax Ministry
MOSCOW. June 1 (Interfax) - The Moscow Arbitration Court on Tuesday upheld a May 19 ruling suspending a Tax Ministry
claim against Yukos, and thus, rejected the ministry's appeal of the initial ruling, an Interfax correspondent
reported from the court.
order calling for Yukos to pay more than 99.4 billion rubles in alleged tax arrears including interest.
The ministry, which accuses Yukos of tax evasion via internal
offshore companies, issued its claim after finishing an audit of
Yukos appealed the order. The Moscow Arbitration Court scheduled a hearing for the appeal for May 26 but took a break
until June 1, though it approved the ministry's claim on May 26.
Yukos's tax payment for 2000 on April 14. [RU EUROPE EEU EMRG CRIM OIL CRU PROD ELG ENR] as tj <>
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