Problems of protecting the rights of taxpayers in the framework of examining the materials of a tax audit and making a decision by a tax authority

The subject of the study is the Russian Federation legislation, case law, as well as domestic and foreign doctrine, which allow us to establish the main problems of determining the concept of procedural norms’ materiality of breach when examining the materials of a tax audit and making a decision by a tax authority. The object of the study is public relations on the examination of the materials of the tax audit and the decision of the tax authority on the audit results. The author examines in detail the legal aspects related to the procedural issues of notifying the taxpayer related to the place and time of tax authority’s examination of the audit materials, compliance of the decision with the procedural requirements of the law, compliance with the deadlines for examination of the tax audit materials and making a decision on them, as well as additional tax control measures. The author pays special attention to the problems of qualification of procedural violations as significant ones, entailing the cancellation of the decision of the tax authority. The author formulates the criterion of procedural norms’ materiality of breach of the Russian Federation legislation on taxes and fees when considering the materials of a tax audit and making a decision by the tax authority