Pursuant to the revised Code of Criminal Procedure of Ukraine coming into force in November 2012, the statutory procedure for seeking judicial relief has undergone significant change. Thus, specifically, based on the revised policy, legal representation in investigative or judicial bodies for company officers who are suspected of any wrongdoing can only be provided by an attorney-at-law.

In Zaporozhye, this practice was promptly implemented in 2013. We at AUDIT-VID always keep abreast of the times and adjust our client-oriented policies to suit new requirements.

How does this service work? For example, as has often been the case in recent times, a taxing authority audits your company, issues a tax assessment notice for more than UAH 1.5 million, and has this tax law violation recorded in the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations. Next, tax police investigators are called in to bring moral pressure to bear on the officers of the company, which is a client of AUDIT-VID (Zaporozhye, Ukraine). Having a tax lawyer on staff serves as a powerful tool that enables us to advance a better defense on the client’s behalf and contest the inspection results.

Based on nearly two years’ experience with the revised Code of Criminal Procedure, it is safe to state that bringing in a tax lawyer in order to contest inspection results ultimately has a positive effect on our clients’ financial and emotional costs.