Back Office Outsourcing

0. Pre-requisite: Setting up of Accounting & Tax Systems / ERP
  • A. Selection of corporate financial system (for accounting, tax, payroll & HR).
  • ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, etc) or/and 1C.

  • B. Procurement and installation of selected financial system.
  • C. Regular maintenance of financial system.
  • D. Interface to mandatory, compliance, and customized reports.
1. Corporate Accounting Services
  • A. Regular bookkeeping services under effective Russian Accounting Standards (RAS).
  • Bookkeeping and maintaining accounting registers based on primary documents of client.

    Bank transactions.

    Sales of products, including preparation of invoices and VAT-invoices.

    Office supplies, materials and services related to day-to-day operations.

    Employees expense reports accounting.

    Acts of putting fixed assets into operation (Forms OS-1, OS-6) and other assets and liabilities.

    Financial performance calculation, month-end closing procedures, and preparation of accounting notes.

    Closing of accounting books on a monthly basis – preparation of balance sheet, and profit and loss statement (under RAS) for management purposes.

  • B. Bookkeeping of fixed assets and its depreciation in RAS.
  • Operations with fixed assets and their depreciation, including drafting of statutory primary documents (OS-1, OS-6).

  • C. Preparation and filing of financial statements in RAS on annual basis.
  • Balance sheet (form N 1), and Profit and loss statement (form N 2).

    Other financial statements (form N 3 ”changes in equity”, form N 4 ”cash flow statement” and form N 5 ”supplement to balance sheet”) and explanatory note to the financial statements.

  • D. Preparation and filing reports to statistical agencies in RAS.
  • Regular reporting on monthly/quarterly/annual basis (depending on the number of employees).

  • E. IFRS conversion upon the request from the client.
2. Tax Compliance Services
  • A. Regular tax accounting services.
  • Maintaining obligatory analytical tax registers.

    For tax deductible expenses including expenses limited by statutory limits, and non-sales expenses.

    Settlements with the tax authorities.

    Calculation of temporary and permanent differences and deferred taxes in accordance with Russian Accounting Rule 18/02 (PBU 18/02).

    Other obligatory registers.

    Preparing draft primary documents in the format required by the Russian legislation and their confirmation with the client.

    Expense reports (Form AO-1) on employee’s expenses, Business trip documents (Form T-9, 10, 10a).

    Internal forms to support entertainment expenses (estimate, order and act of writing-off expenses).

  • B. Preparation and filing of corporate tax returns to the tax authorities.
  • Profit tax return on a quarterly basis.

    Property tax return on a quarterly basis.

    Tax calculations on taxes withheld by the Company as a tax agent on a quarterly basis (if applicable).

  • C. Currency control compliance.
  • Preparing draft primary documents in the format required by the Russian legislation and their confirmation with the client.

    Passport of deal once per contract and other statutory documents for currency control procedures compliance.

    Notes on currency operations, and notes on supporting documents.

3. Payroll and HR Administration Services
  • A. Employee registration and deregistration.
  • Registration and deregistration of resident employees to local authorities.

    Preparation of all necessary documentation for expats/non-residents and submission of registration/deregistration requests to local institutions by case: pension house, health insurance house, unemployment & labor institutions, fiscal authority, etc.

    Representation in communication with state authorities based on power of attorney.

  • B. Monthly payroll calculation.
  • Data input into the payroll system based on received information from HR department.

    Secure data exchange and approval.

  • C. Payroll reports.
  • Monthly, quarterly or annual filing of statutory payroll statements.

    Yearly settlement of personal income tax.

    Preparation of any specific payroll reports required by your management, and statistical reports.

  • D. Other services.
  • Collecting primary and other documents to cope with written requests of the tax authorities.

    Obtaining the statement from the tax authorities that confirms the tax liabilities on a specific date.

    Reconciling the tax liabilities on a specific date with the tax authorities.

    Preparation of breakdowns in format required by the tax office and visiting the tax inspector to provide copies of documents and required clarifications.

    Support in preparation of the answers to the tax authority`s requests.

    Participation at any meetings with tax authority.

    Consultation of the Client`s employees on any questions during performance of tax inspection.

    Health and Safety compliances and documentation.

4. System Maintenance Services
  • A. 1C / ERP (SAP, Oracle, etc.) System Maintenance
  • Regular based system maintenance.

    Hardware/Software/Network management and maintenance.

    Data center operation.

    Ad-hoc system errors and development management.

    System error/bug fixing services.

    Regular upgrades of software and hardware.

    Technical development services for new functions or enhancements.

    Call center operation.

    Professional call center operation for 24/7/365.