{"id":776322,"date":"2021-11-22T12:36:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T10:36:35","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-11-22T12:39:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T10:39:02","slug":"advokaty-arzinger-zahystyly-interesy-ceetrus-v-spori-shhodo-otrymannya-byudzhetnogo-vidshkoduvannya-pdv-na-ponad-53-mln-grn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/advokaty-arzinger-zahystyly-interesy-ceetrus-v-spori-shhodo-otrymannya-byudzhetnogo-vidshkoduvannya-pdv-na-ponad-53-mln-grn\/","title":{"rendered":"Arzinger attorneys defended CEETRUS in a VAT refund dispute worth upwards of UAH 53 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-376131 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ceetrus_EN-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ceetrus_EN-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ceetrus_EN-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ceetrus_EN-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ceetrus_EN-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ceetrus_EN-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ceetrus_EN-650x650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ceetrus_EN-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ceetrus_EN-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ceetrus_EN-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ceetrus_EN-94x94.jpg 94w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ceetrus_EN-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ceetrus_EN-170x170.jpg 170w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ceetrus_EN-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ceetrus_EN-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ceetrus_EN-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ceetrus_EN.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Arzinger&#8217;s Tax litigation team successfully represented CEETRUS UKRAINE in court to appeal against the tax notification-decision denying the Client a VAT refund of over UAH 53 million.<\/p>\n<p>With the well-developed and efficiently implemented defence strategy, the courts of all three instances supported the arguments of Arzinger attorneys on the lack of tax law violations regarding three episodes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Failure to comply with the chronology principle in forming the negative value of VAT.<\/li>\n<li>Subleasing leased property along with the relevant compensation for utility payments.<\/li>\n<li>Technical errors in filling in annexes to the VAT return.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, Arzinger attorneys ensured that the Client really received the total VAT refund.<\/p>\n<p>The project was handled by the team comprised of <strong>Marta Orlenko,<\/strong> CEETRUS UKRAINE&#8217;s lawyer, attorney-at-law, Ph.D., <strong>Nikita Larionov<\/strong>, Senior Associate at Arzinger, attorney-at-law, and <strong>Kseniia Dobrieva<\/strong>, Junior Associate at Arzinger, under the general supervision of <strong>Timur Bondaryev<\/strong>, Arzinger&#8217;s Managing Partner, attorney-at-law, and <strong>Kateryna Gupalo<\/strong>, Partner at Arzinger, attorney-at-law.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For reference:<\/strong> Established\u00a0in\u00a01976,\u00a0CEETRUS\u00a0is a global real-estate actor that owns and manages 300 shopping centres in 10 countries of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>CEETRUS UKRAINE (known as IMMOCHAN UKRAINE until August 2018) manages seven shopping galleries in Ukraine, operating as part of AUCHAN Shopping Mall in Kyiv and Lviv, AUCHAN RIVE GAUCHE Shopping Mall, and Retail Park Petrivka in Kyiv.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arzinger&#8217;s Tax litigation team successfully represented CEETRUS UKRAINE in court to appeal against the tax notification-decision denying the Client a VAT refund of over UAH 53 million. 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