THE COURT RECOVERED 12.9 BILLION FROM IKEA'S "DAUGHTER"

THE COURT RECOVERED 12.9 BILLION FROM IKEA'S "DAUGHTER"

THE COURT RECOVERED 12.9 BILLION FROM IKEA'S "DAUGHTER"
On April 25, 2024, the Arbitration Court of the Moscow region fully satisfied the claim of the Federal Tax Service for the largest taxpayers No. 1 (case No. A41-6043/2024). According to the application filed on January 30, the tax authority demanded to cancel the transaction concluded by the company "Torg" (formerly Ikea Torg) and the Irish firm Fami Limited, also part of the multinational holding IKEA. The profit from the transaction in the amount of 12,922,136,942.45 rubles should now be converted into state revenue.

According to the Federal Tax Service, IKEA's daughter in the Russian Federation violated the presidential decree establishing a temporary procedure for the fulfillment of obligations by legal entities from Russia to individual foreign creditors (Decree No. 95). Representatives of the Prosecutor's Office were involved in the litigation. Raiffeisenbank and Market were also involved as third parties.Trade" (manages the Yandex Market trading platform).

As reported by Ïðàâî.ãè In November 2022, the Torg company signed a contract for the supply of goods through Yandex Market. The proceeds from it were sent to a foreign company that is part of the IKEA structure.

By this time, the Swedish furniture holding itself had already left the Russian market. The money was transferred through Raiffeisenbank, which confirmed this fact with written evidence. In fact, the payment was sent as payment for borrowed obligations.

Back in March 2024, the Federal Tax Service managed to achieve the adoption of interim measures, which the "Trade" failed to protest. The fiscal officers indicated that the company does not trade goods, its losses over the past 9 months amounted to 1,540,642,152 rubles. At the same time, the organization has reduced its staff and is selling off its vehicles. Failure to take action threatened to make the execution of the court verdict virtually impossible.

The representatives of the defendant then announced the possibility of reaching an amicable agreement and agreeing with the Federal Tax Service, sending their proposal to the head of the department Egorov. The company stated that the arrest would prevent it from fulfilling obligations to customers of products, taking into account warranty and post-warranty service. It was reported that funds would be required for fire-fighting and other measures related to the operation of warehouses. However, the lawyers of Torg failed to influence the position of the arbitration.

27.04.2024