How to get through the off-season without cash gaps
In the spring and summer, the company had strong sales, and in late autumn, winter and early spring it had to take out loans and overdrafts. They figured out how…

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Operating leverage: what happens to profit margins if revenues fall. And if it grows up?
Usually business owners are interested in two interrelated indicators: revenue and profit. Revenue shows how much the company earned, and profit shows how much is left after deducting expenses. Most…

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Cancellation of imposed insurance
The problem with the imposition of insurance on citizens has been taking place for more than a year. Anyone who has ever had to take a loan knows that the…

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Someone turned in a report for you: how scammers use business to their advantage
Some entrepreneurs outsource bookkeeping to professionals to keep records and submit reports. This is a normal situation. But sometimes reports are submitted by unknown people. This is an abnormal situation…

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The third rule for building a group of companies without signs of artificial fragmentation.
Let's turn to business process notation again. Earlier we decided on the inputs, the activity itself, and the outputs (goals). However, in arbitration practice on artificial fragmentation of a business,…

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The first rule of building a group of companies without signs of artificial fragmentation

Let’s remember what we know about business processes?

They have a beginning and an end, that is, they have boundaries in time. There is an “exit”, to which a unique result is served, after receiving which the client becomes more satisfied. Since there is an “exit”, there must be an “entrance”. We supply it with the necessary resources (material – transformable, as well as labor, financial, informational – providing), which are transformed into something valuable for the client in the course of a business process using a certain technology. Continue reading

Inheritance of shares in LLC

Shares in an LLC are inherited in the standard manner, like other property, including by will, inheritance contract. At the same time, partners often discuss what rights the heirs will have, whether they will be able to enter the business on a full-fledged basis and whether they have enough competencies and life experience to participate in decision-making.

We propose to figure out whether it is possible to restrict the entry of heirs into the business and how to provide guarantees for both the heirs and the remaining partners. Continue reading

Mistakes and risks of financing in the group of companies
You may already be familiar with our analytics on allegations of artificial business splitting, which covered all tax arbitration disputes in the context of "business splitting" in a complete manner.…

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Direct and indirect costs or why it is impossible to count net profit by line of business
In companies with several divisions and branches, it is difficult to calculate the profit of each. You can subtract all expenses from all income and get some value. But this…

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Fitness tax deduction
All citizens who are actively (and not very) involved in fitness and sports now have the opportunity to return part of the money for paid classes. The thing is that…

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