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11 Jul 2007
A Moscow court has ordered a fresh hearing into the charges that PricewaterhouseCoopers Russian firm evaded millions of dollars in tax.
The company had appealed a conviction that it had failed to pay 243 million rubles (£4.6m) in taxes by falsely declaring it's hiring of non-Russians and inaccurately reporting auditing services for nonresidents.
The announcement follows the firm's withdrawal of its entire 10-year audit series for Russia's largest oil producer, Yukos, after it was convicted for evading tax.
Yukos was broken up and sold to state-controlled energy groups after being served with a claim for about £13.5bn in back taxes three years ago.
In a separate case in March, PwC Russia was found guilty of violating professional standards for audits it carried out between 2002 and 2004.
At the time, the firm said a new investigation by the prosecuting office showed that the company had not properly disclosed its relations to certain oil trading firms, the MoscowTimes.com reported.
The court, which is to re-examine the charges, has not yet set a date for the new hearing.
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