Tax Controversy and Dispute Resolution

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Our Tax Controversy & Dispute Resolution team has vast experience and know-how in handling complex tax disputes pending before various Greek administrative and court instances on behalf of major multinational companies -including subsidiaries- and individuals in virtually all areas of taxation e.g. corporate taxation, permanent establishment and transfer pricing disputes, indirect taxes (VAT, stamp duties, customs and excise duties), as well as enforcement/restrictive measures and administrative sanctions. We have the expertise in successfully representing clients operating in many sectors spanning various areas of the market and industry spectrum.

 

 

 

Our portfolio or recent projects includes:

  • Complainant MNE operating in the food and beverage industry wins before the Athens Administrative Court of Appeal over a 752 k CIT (including transfer pricing adjustment) assessment dispute.
  • Complainant MNE operating in the construction and development industry wins before the Athens Administrative Court of First Instance and, subsequently, before the Athens Administrative Court of Appeal over a EUR 129 k VAT refund application dispute.
  • Complainant MNE operating in the food and beverage industry successfully claims repayment of a EUR 317 k output VAT which the MNE had not been able to collect from its clients because the latter had entered in insolvency proceedings (output VAT included in bad debt claims).
  • Complainant high net-worth individual wins before the Greek Supreme Administrative Court over a 1.36 M personal income tax assessment dispute.
  • Complainant expatriate senior manager of an MNE operating in the shipping and logistics industry wins before the Athens Administrative Court of First Instance over a personal tax residence status dispute.
  • Complainant expatriate senior manager of an MNE operating in the pharma industry and his housewife win before the Athens Administrative Court of First Instance over respective personal tax residence status disputes.
  • Complainant expatriate executive BoD member of an MNE operating in the banking sector wins before the Dispute Resolution Directorate over a 46 k personal income tax assessment dispute.
  • Complainant MNE operating in the food and beverage industry wins before the Greek Supreme Administrative Court over a EUR 55 k market regulation penalty assessment dispute.     
  • Complainant MNE operating in the oil and gas industry wins before the Athens Administrative Court of First Instance over a CIT assessment (tax disallowances) dispute affecting a total of EUR 10 M of tax losses carried forward.
  • Complainant MNE operating in the oil and gas industry wins before the Athens Administrative Court of First Instance over a EUR 265 k VAT plus penalties assessment dispute.
  • Complainant MNE operating in the oil and gas industry wins before the Athens Administrative Court of First Instance over a EUR 113 k real estate tax plus penalties assessment dispute.
  • Complainant MNE operating in the oil and gas industry wins before the Athens Administrative Court of Appeal over a EUR 2.9 M transfer pricing adjustment penalty assessment dispute.
  • Complainant MNE operating in the hotel and hospitality industry wins before the Athens Administrative Court of First Instance over a CIT assessment dispute concerning EUR 53 k of CIT plus penalties and a total of EUR 14.7 M of tax losses carried forward.
  • Complainant MNE operating in the online gaming and betting industry wins before the Athens Administrative Court of Appeal a EUR 187 M CIT, withholding tax and gross profit tax assessment dispute.
  • Complainant MNE operating in the hotel and hospitality industry wins before the Athens Administrative Court of Appeal over a EUR 326 k real estate transfer tax refund application dispute.
  • Complainant MNE operating in the food and beverage industry wins before the Dispute Resolution Directorate over a EUR 975 k VAT refund application dispute. 
  • Complainant MNE operating in the insurance industry wins before the Athens Administrative Court of Appeal over a EUR 1.74 M extraordinary contribution plus EUR 1,53 M penalty assessment dispute.
  • Complainant MNE operating in the insurance industry successfully claims repayment of a EUR 1.72 M capital concentration tax amount following a reasoned revocation of its initial tax return and submission of a mandatory administrative recourse.
  • Complainant MNE operating in the automotive industry wins before the Piraeus Administrative Court of Appeal over a CIT assessment dispute involving a total of EUR 363 k of CIT plus penalties and a total of EUR 734 k of tax losses carried forward.
  • Expatriate senior manager of a big group of companies operating in the construction and public works industry and his housewife win before the Greek Supreme Administrative Court over respective personal tax residence status disputes.
  • Complainant MNE operating in the food and beverage industry wins before the Greek Supreme Administrative Court over a series of customs/VAT assessment disputes, involving a total of EUR 846 k VAT assessment. 
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