Support during tax inspections

Support starts at the moment an inspection becomes a fact: the order has arrived, or the notice, or the inspector is already at the door. The job is to keep the inspection inside its own subject and its own deadline, and to make sure every document leaves the company deliberately rather than because somebody asked.

If no inspection has been scheduled yet, what you need is preparation for a tax inspection: different work, with a different result.

The inspections we work with

• scheduled documentary on-site inspections – from the tax service’s annual plan;
• unscheduled ones – on one of the grounds in article 78 of the Tax Code;
• desk audits – on the filed returns, with no visit and without your consent;
• factual inspections – cash settlements, cash registers, licences, employment records;
• cross-checks requested in respect of your counterparty.

The first thing we do is check the grounds and the paperwork for the inspection itself: the order, the assignment, the officers’ identification, whether the notice period was observed. A defect there sometimes closes the question before the inspection has begun.

What support includes

• an assessment and a forecast: what they will be looking for and which areas are exposed;
• representation under a power of attorney – on site and at the tax office;
• control of requests: what you are obliged to provide and what falls outside the subject of the inspection;
• preparation of written explanations and covering documents;
• attendance at the signing of the report and the recording of objections;
• analysis of the report and preparation of objections within the deadline;
• administrative appeal against tax notices-decisions and, where needed, preparation of the position for court.

On deadlines

The duration of an inspection and the periods for objections and appeal are set by the Tax Code and depend on the category of taxpayer and the type of inspection. A missed deadline is hard to restore, so we fix every date on day one and work back from it.

What we need from you

A power of attorney for representation, and access to the documents and to explanations of the transactions that have come into view. The earlier we see the facts, the more options remain.

What the fee depends on

Scope follows the type of inspection, the depth of the period, the number of transactions in question and whether an appeal is needed. For clients on the monthly accounting service, representation during an inspection is part of the contract at no extra charge.

Common questions

Can the inspector simply be refused entry?

Grounds for refusal exist, but they are exhaustive and risky: an unlawful refusal can lead to an administrative seizure of assets. That decision is taken only after the inspection paperwork has been checked, never on principle.

We are not on your accounting service – will you take us on?

Yes. We need time with the documents, so come to us as soon as the order arrives, not the day before the report is signed.

What if the report has already been signed?

Signing the report does not mean agreeing with it. Objections are filed within the set period, and after that comes administrative or judicial appeal against the tax notice-decision.

Do you guarantee no additional assessment?

No. Nobody can guarantee the outcome of an inspection. What we answer for is the company’s side of it: accurate explanations, deadlines kept, procedural breaches by the authority recorded, and every avenue the law provides actually used.