18 June 2004 00:43
Yukos wants dispute with Tax Ministry thrown out
The Tax Ministry is against the request.
The Tax Ministry accuses Yukos of evading taxes through domestic
MOSCOW. June 18 (Interfax) - Oil major Yukos has asked Moscow Arbitration Court to stop hearings regarding its
dispute with the Tax Ministry because of the criminal case against former Yukos chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Menatep
boss Platon Lebedev, who are charged with tax evasion.
offshores. The ministry completed a check on Yukos for 2000 taxes on April 14, after which it said the company owed
99.37 billion rubles in back taxes and fines. [RU ASIA EUROPE EEU EMRG CRIM ENR CORA] me
[Interfax] |
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