Former adviser to Viktor Yanukovych Andriy Portnov (Read more about it in the article Andrey Portnov: A Raider's StoryOn December 12, he reported on his Facebook page that President Poroshenko's company, using offshore companies, is not paying taxes to the Ukrainian budget.
Portnov stated that he had learned that Kyiv Customs had processed several thousand declarations for the export of ROSHEN products worth several million US dollars. Interestingly, the Ukrainian company's products are exported to Turkmenistan via the UK.
Portnov discovered that Poroshenko's company, Roshen, uses the British firm FOREWAY SALES LLP to export its products. Under UK law, LLP companies enjoy tax benefits in the UK. The UK government allows such companies to pay taxes where their partners are registered, without contributing to the UK budget. It turned out that FOREWAY SALES LLP's partners are two offshore companies from Belize and Panama, which transfer their trading operations to Panama, the Dominican Republic, and Belize. In these countries, it is impossible to determine the beneficial owners of companies registered there, and the companies are not required to pay taxes.
As Portnov noted, the benefits of these export operations are as follows: Britain levies no taxes because the company's partners are firms from Panama and Belize, and Panama and Belize also levy no taxes on the transactions because they are offshore zones. Meanwhile, under Ukrainian law, Poroshenko's holding company, ROSHEN, does not pay taxes to the Ukrainian budget, since the proceeds from its exports go to the British company, and from there to Panama and Belize.
Portnov promised to file a complaint with Ukrainian law enforcement regarding these tax evasions by Poroshenko's company. Furthermore, the former deputy head of the Presidential Administration appealed to members of parliament to submit official inquiries to Ukrainian customs authorities to legally obtain copies of documents confirming the tax evasion by President Poroshenko's company.
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