Oksana Afanasyeva

Oksana Afanasyeva
Overview
Experience
Awards
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Oksana is the head of tax practice at GRATA International St. Petersburg. She is an expert in the field of classical financial audit, accounting support, tax planning, development of financial strategies, management and accounting. Conducts investigations of financial abuses in organizations, accompanies on-site tax audits and assists in the collection of evidence.

She has extensive experience in the field of financial analysis in bankruptcy. Participates in the restructuring of the company.

Tax planning, negotiations with tax authorities, financial investigations, organization of effective management accounting systems, financial due diligence, tax audit and business valuation, protection in disputes with state tax authorities.

Industries:

  • Banking and Finance,
  • Industry and trade

Practices:

  • Tax law

CAREER:

  • Since 2009, headed "Audit Finance Petersburg".
  • Since 2018, she has been a partner of Legal Studio.
  • Since 2019 she is a partner of GRATA International St. Petersburg.

LANGUAGES:

  • Russian,
  • English.

MEMBER:

  • Member of the German chamber of Commerce SA of auditors “Sodruzhestvo”

EDUCATION:

  • 1996 — Kyrgyz State National University, Economics
  • 2004 – Moscow State University
  • 2010 –  Saint Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics
Experience
  • Representing a major construction company in Saint Petersburg that was involved in the construction of facilities for the 2018 world Cup in a dispute with the Federal tax service of Russia. The result was a reduction in the requirements of the tax authorities from 200,000,000 rubles to 35,000,0000 rubles, which is more than 5 times.
  • Legal support and tax advice for one of the largest construction companies in Russia with a capitalization of $ 3,500,000.
  • Tax audit and adjustment of internal documentation for Yuzhnaya oil Depot , one of the leading suppliers of petroleum products in the North-West of Russia.
  • Successful consulting of Expert laboratory furniture Factory LLC during an on-site tax audit. The amount of tax claims is 100,000,000 rubles.
  • Advising one of the largest construction companies in Saint Petersburg in the process of conducting an on-site tax audit. The amount of tax claims was 200,000,000 rubles.
  • Support for the creation of the first closed-end mutual investment Fund in Russia in the amount of EUR 5,000,000 in the area of legal claims financing for seitenberg LLC. Creating a legal framework for the business process of the project was complicated by the lack of special legislation regulating external judicial financing.
  • Legal and tax consultancy activities of the sausage factory "Otradnoe". Setting up management accounting and minimizing tax risks. The company's capitalization is 400,000,000 rubles.
  • Tax consulting and support of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Saint Petersburg.
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Business Petersburg

Tax Law, 1-st place - 2024

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Kommersant

Taxation, consulting - 2024

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Oksana Afanasyeva GRATA International, Partner, Head of Tax Practice PARTNERS AND PRACTICE MANAGERS: TAX CONSULTING AND DISPUTES - 2024

News

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Vladimir Komarov and Oksana Afanasyeva highlighted the topic of tax amnesty on Business FM

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GRATA International St. Petersburg on the forums of St. Petersburg

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Russian Ministry of Finance proposes to introduce a progressive personal income tax scale

Publications

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GRATA International Legal Series (GILS): Tax law

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GILS Tax law: Russia

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Tax control in the Russian Federation and appeals against the results