Stavropol might lose its botanical garden over tax debts

The tax officers of Stavropol demand that the urban botanical garden

pays a debt of 31 million rubles. The botanists argue that they are

exempt from paying taxes, RIA Novosti reports.

 

The garden was exempt from paying taxes until 1 January 2006. At the

end of this time the director of the garden, Nikolay Kozhevnikov, sent

an inquiry to the tax office asking whether they have to pay taxes in

the future. He received a written response from the tax authorities

stating that the botanical garden is not subject to taxation.

 

However, later, the tax authorities conducted an inspection of the

situation which completed only a month ago and considered the garden

subject to taxation. Now the garden is faced with a 31 million rubles

bill of taxes.