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VAT carousel detector singled out by the Jury in the “Ranking of tax consultancy firms” of the “Rzeczpospolita” daily newspaper

VAT carousel detector singled out by the Jury in the “Ranking of tax consultancy firms” of the “Rzeczpospolita” daily newspaper

News Friday June 23rd, 2017

We are pleased to announce that in this year’s edition of the ranking of the best tax consultancy firms, our Tax Consultancy Team was awarded the title of leader in two categories:

tax consultancy leader with regard to transactions carried out in 2016 for tax advice in three transactions:

  • Eurocash’s acquisition of the EKO Holding group;
  • Frutarom’s acquisition of 75% of shares in Amco; and the Spanish bank Banco Popular’s acquisition of real estate in Poland as part of the restructuring of the debt of a customer of the bank; and

– leader in innovativeness with regard to tax consultancy for developing the VAT carousel detector – an algorithm for assessing the risk of firms being exposed to tax fraud by their business partners.

With the help of the detector developed by SK&S, it is possible to identify potential ‘carousel’ business partners. This tool is particularly useful in audits carried out by outside firms aimed at identifying potentially dangerous business partners, as well as during mergers and acquisitions. In the latter case, a firm which is planning to buy other entities can check the potential risk of ‘carousel’ tax proceedings occurring in those entities, being the result of, e.g. the dishonesty of their business entities.

Dear Sirs,

We would like to inform you that in recent days, fraudulent emails impersonating our law firm have appeared online. In some cases, these emails include alleged invoices issued by SK&S.

Such fraudulent emails can be identified as they are sent from unusual, unknown addresses that do not belong to our domain. Additionally, these messages are often sent from addresses deceptively similar to those of legitimate senders. We want to emphasize that our law firm has no connection to these emails. All official correspondence from us is sent exclusively from addresses within the domain @skslegal.pl.

We have reported this matter to the Police, specifically to the Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime, due to suspicions of criminal activity. Please exercise caution: carefully verify the sender’s address and avoid opening any suspicious emails or attachments. If in doubt, we recommend deleting such correspondence immediately.