The tax authorities suspected the largest Russian network for the sale of home appliances "Eldorado" in the tax evasion of 15 billion rubles. About this newspaper Kommersant, citing a source in the tax inspectorate. At the same time, the main owner of the trading network, Igor Yakovlev, claims that it is about eight billion rubles. In their comments, bloggers discuss the possible connection between this case and claims against the companies Arbat Prestige and Svyaznoy.
Now the decision to bring "Eldorado" to tax liability has not yet been made, but the company has already received an inspection report from the Federal Tax Inspectorate, containing claims. The final decision of the tax authorities will be made in April of this year. Sources of the newspaper claim that initially the amount of claims amounted to more than 18 billion rubles, but then Eldorado managed to dispute part of this money.
According to Igor Yakovlev, the total amount included tax claims to the activities of Eldorado in 2004-2005 for 180 million rubles and 7.82 billion rubles - because of the supplier companies that worked with the company during this period. If Eldorado is unable to challenge the claims of the tax authorities, the network will be forced to sell part of the business. Yakovlev explains the situation by saying that the total debt load of the company, including suppliers and banks, is already more than a billion dollars. ')
Kommersant notes that in February Eldorado was left by the financial director Anton Volyansky. The newspaper did not comment on the reasons for his leaving the company.
The Eldorado network, which includes more than 1,100 stores, was founded in 1994. According to the network’s own data, the group’s turnover in 2007 was $ 6 billion. Analysts polled by the newspaper estimate the capitalization of Eldorado at $ 5 billion.
Used materials of the newspaper "Kommersant" and Lenta.ru.