AmCham Tax and Customs Committee’s May Meeting

On May 17, 2022, AmCham Tax and Customs Committee hosted its monthly meeting. Invited guest speakers of the meeting were Mr. Rashad Abdurahmanli, Tax BPS Manager at Deloitte Azerbaijan and Ms. Gunel Sadiyeva, Senior Tax Manager at PwC Azerbaijan. 

The meeting was dedicated to the following items: 

  • Update on new tax reporting forms;
  • Survey on tax audits;
  • Topics for the upcoming tax conference;
  • Survey on the impact of the Russia – Ukraine conflict to the business.

The meeting was opened by a welcome speech of Tax & Customs Committee Chairperson Mr. Jeyhun Mammadov who gave a brief foreword of the meeting and announced the agenda.

In the first part of the meeting, Mr. Rashad Abdurahmanli delivered a comprehensive presentation on new tax reporting forms. Afterwards, Mr. Abdurahmanli answered relevant questions of the meeting participants.

In the second part, Ms. Gunel Sadiyeva presented AmCham Azerbaijan and PwC Azerbaijan joint Survey dedicated to tax audits. Following the presentation, it was agreed to distribute the survey among the members of the Chamber. 

Furthermore, Mr. Jeyhun Mammadov raised a discussion on the possible topics for the upcoming AmCham Tax Conference. Considering the views and proposals of the meeting participants, a few topics were nominated for the conference. It was decided to make a final selection once all the proposals are received from the AmCham members upon the deadline on May 26, 2022.  Relevant topics for the tax conference can be sent to chamber@amchamaz.org

In addition, Mr. Mammadov shared the results of the survey on the impact of the Russia – Ukraine conflict to the business. To acquire more accurate results depicting a real picture of the issues aroused among businesses by the conflict, it was agreed to redistribute the survey once again to AmCham membership. 

At the end of the meeting, participants were actively involved in a Q&A session with the speakers, sharing their concerns and views. 

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