[regional-russia] CENTERTELECOM

Dear Mr. Krylov and all,

Just a notification that I have seen this request and I am together with our
lawyer investigating the legal and fiscal aspects of this matter.

By the end of the week I will send an official reply regarding this.

Kind regards,


Jochem de Ruig
RIPE NCC

At 05:32 PM 10/4/2005 +0400, Êðûëîâ À.Â. wrote:

>And here is the official letter sent by our Accounting Department to
>RIPE NCC:
>
>Dear Sirs!
>
>OJSC "CenterTelecom" sent You the fax ¹ 08-15/219 dated August 24, 2005
>with the request to provide the document, which confirms the permanent 
>residence
>of RIPE NCC on the territory of the Netherlands, besides that You were 
>informed
>about the procedure of issuing and certification of the corresponding document
>authenticity by the competent bodies.
>However, in response to our fax You have submitted the documents
>in the form of uncertified copies, so the documents drawn up this
>way don't comply with the Russian Federation tax authorities requirements,
>and can't give occasion to the application of the Agreement on Double 
>Taxation Avoidance.
>We kindly request You to inform us as soon as possible if this document 
>will be filed
>to us certified by the competent body of the Netherlands and if it will be 
>sealed
>with appostille.
>We would like to inform You once again that if You don't send us in the 
>near future
>the document, confirming the residence of RIPE NCC, drawn up in the proper 
>way,
>than in order to avoid the tax risks, OJSC "CenterTelecom" as a Fiscal 
>Agent will
>have to deduct income tax equal to the rate set in item 2 Article 284 of
>the Tax Code of the Russian Federation (in this case the rate is 20%),
>so You will receive the income less income tax.
>  Attachment: letter ¹08-15/219 dated August 24, 2005.
>
>Yours sincerely,
>
>First Deputy General Director-
>Financial Director                            À.À. Lokotkov
>
>
>Chief Accountant                              R.P. Konstantinova
>
>
>
>
>  mailto:krylov at centertelecom.ru