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June 25, 2004
BELARUSIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE WINS APPEAL AGAINST BACK TAXES.

The Minsk Economic Court has granted the Belarusian Helsinki Committee's appeal against outstanding taxes and penalties imposed by the Minsk district tax authorities, BelaPAN reported on 24 June. The prominent nongovernmental organization had been ordered to pay 155 million rubles ($73,000) in taxes on grants received under the European Union's Tacis program. The Helsinki Committee argued that funding it receives from the Tacis program is exempt from taxes according to an agreement made by Belarus and the EU in the 1990s. The court ruled in favor of this argument, voided the taxes, and ordered the Tax Ministry to pay 190,000 rubles in compensation to the committee for legal expenses.


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June 25, 2004BELARUSIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE WINS APPEAL AGAINST BACK TAXES.

June 25, 2004
BELARUSIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE WINS APPEAL AGAINST BACK TAXES.