OREANDA-NEWS. Largest investor of Kaliningrad region and one of the largest Russian manufacturers - group "Avtotor" - underpaid for the state 3.5 billion Rubles in taxes, calculated FTS. Office finds that the company understated its taxable income at the expense of expensive equipment lease in related structure.

"RBK daily" wrote, it was another hearing on the suit of one of the structures of "Avtotor" (JSC "Avtotor-Management") in the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg. The company is trying to appeal the decision of the Federal Tax Service (FNS) for the largest tax payers №8 about the additional payment of 560 million Rubles as income tax.

There are now involved two structures "Avtotor" in these trials - LLC "Avtotor" and ZAO "Hellas Intrade", in accordance with the database of arbitration courts. All three group of companies FTS assessed the additional total of about 3.5 billion Rubles. Most of the tax claims were for "Hellas" - 1.99 billion Rubles.

The decision about the additional taxes was taken in April this year on results of a field test, according to court documents. They do not indicate the grounds of tax claims and the calculation period. Two sources of "RBK", who are familiar with the case, say that the test was carried out in 2010-2011. During it's the fiscal agency found that the structure of "Avtotor" underreported income, thereby reducing the tax base.