Lawyer Alexander Karabanov, in an interview with , commented on the situation of the debt that the Federal Tax Service (FTS) collected from the former UFC champion. Khabib Nurmagomedova .
On Monday, Mash Telegram channel reported that the Federal Tax Service had frozen Nurmagomedov’s accounts. The press service of the Federal Tax Service of Russia confirmed to that Nurmagomedov had a debt related to non-payment of taxes. Khabib’s possible debt to the state is estimated at 297 million rubles.
— What do you see, as a lawyer, in the text published yesterday by the Federal Tax Service?
— The wording is quite clear and transparent. The tax service made it clear that an audit was conducted, Khabib Nurmagomedov owes money, and if he does not pay it, then everything will end with the initiation of a criminal case under Article 199 (tax evasion – ) and, most likely, like our bloggers, I can assume that there will be Article 174 (legalization of funds or other property acquired by other persons by criminal means – “”)…
Khabib is a citizen of the Russian Federation. On this basis, he must respect and comply with the laws of the Russian Federation and is obliged to pay taxes. He probably felt that he did not know the mechanism. But he has enough money to hire a tax lawyer for his team and get advice. I consider this a lack of respect for both society and the state. According to the procedure provided for in the tax code, a citizen has the right to appeal this decision, to make his own corrections, and you can even try to appeal the decision in court. Theoretically, from the moment the decision is made to the initiation of a criminal case, it can take about a year with all the appeal procedures, ”Karabakhov told .
Nurmagomedov retired in 2020; the fighter was undefeated in 29 fights.
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