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Tax liability of the head of the organization

Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2025 6:51 am
by maksudasm
The director of the organization is responsible not only to the business owners, but also to the tax authorities. The situation when the Federal Tax Service charges additional amounts of contributions, imposes fines on the company, and these losses are recovered by the founders in court from the hired top manager, is very common.

If a company files for bankruptcy, the tax service itself tries to hold its director accountable in the appropriate manner and demand financial resources from him. There are frequent situations when insolvency is registered for an enterprise that has debts on tax deductions, and the Federal Tax Service issues demands for their repayment to all persons involved in the management of the organization.

If a top manager transfers the activities of a company that has debts to the budget to another enterprise, the inspection can prove the existence of a connection between these two companies, and the debt will still have to be repaid in the end.

Many businessmen use botim database bankruptcy as a tool to avoid paying taxes, so the Federal Tax Service examines such cases with special attention. The relationship between companies can be identified by the following signs:

both organizations have the same leader;

the companies have the same staff, common suppliers and clients;

both companies have similar trademarks, identical addresses, telephone numbers, office location, website;

the transfer of property from one company to another was carried out shortly before the start of a tax audit or directly during it;

both companies operate on similar terms with their customers and suppliers;

The companies make ongoing transfers of funds to each other.

The head of the organization may be held liable if the Federal Tax Service has assessed additional taxes or imposed a fine as a result of a desk audit. The director will also be held liable in a situation where distortions are found in the company's reporting that helped reduce deductions to the budget or avoid paying them.

Tax liability of the head of the organization

To minimize such risks, the head of the organization should constantly monitor the activities of the accounting department: check the reporting and the accuracy o