The Federal Tax Service filed a lawsuit to invalidate the multibillion-dollar deal with IKEA

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The Arbitration Court of the Moscow Region plans to consider the claim on the invalidation of the transaction from the Russian company IKEA Torg LLC (Ingka Holding) in the amount of 12.9 billion rubles to the transfer of assets to Fami Limited (Ireland), a subsidiary of the Ingka Group, which manages the Swedish retailer IKEA. writes about this “Kommersant”.

The Interregional Inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service No. 1 submitted an application. The court hearing is scheduled for March 5 this year.

Court in the name the plaintiff to submit documents supporting his position, and the defendant – a credit line agreement, documents under the supply contract with LLC Market. Trade” (founder – Yandex LLC) and all necessary documents confirming the financial transactions within the scope of the transaction.

A source familiar with the details of the agreement noted that only one defendant was named in the court decision. [Fami Limited]however, there are at least two parties involved in the transaction.

On the other hand, after the start of military operations in Ukraine, IKEA stores in Russia temporarily stopped their activities. Later, Yandex Market started selling the remaining products by purchasing them from IKEA.

Experts interviewed by the publication suggest that tax authorities saw a violation in the fact that payments were sent directly to a foreign company, bypassing IKEA’s Russian subsidiary.

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