Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mitusova Elena Author-Workplace-Name: Interregional Inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service of Russia No. 9 (Moscow, Russia) Title: Illegal VAT Refund for Timber Exports Title: Незаконное возмещение НДС при экспорте лесоматериалов Abstract: The sphere of timber export is often used by unscrupulous taxpayers for the purpose of illegal VAT refund from the budget. Currently, due to the complication of financial and economic relations, time and labor costs during the control measures carried out by the tax authorities, the negative trend of increasing cases of illegal VAT refunds in the export of timber remains. The solution to this issue is to improve the tax legislation in terms of the procedure for carrying out export operations. Keywords: timber industry complex, timber export, illegal turnover of timber and timber, value added tax, VAT refund Classification-JEL: E62, H26, H30 Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2021 Issue: 6 Month: June Pages: 46-52 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/r2167.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:r2167