Abstract: The subject of the study is the essential aspects and signs of the relations of interested users that develop in the process of developing the policy of tax accounting of agro-industrial processing organizations to assess the possibilities of optimizing value added tax (VAT). The purpose of the study is the theoretical justification and methodological support of the accounting tax policy from the point of view of the optimization processes of taxation of the object of research - the added value of processing organizations. The solution of the following tasks contributes to the achievement of this goal: to reveal the essence and content of the varieties of value added; to describe the features of VAT tax accounting in processing organizations of the agro-industrial complex; to substantiate the directions for improving the accounting tax policy of the object of research; to develop optimization measures for the policy of tax accounting. The methodological basis of the research is the methods that reveal the logic of the presentation: ideological – dialectical, deductive, inductive; general scientific - systemic; private scientific – statistical, analysis, comparison. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the development of methodological provisions of a recommendatory nature aimed at developing the policy of tax accounting of the object of research. The following provisions have the status of scientific increment: 1) the concept of "accounting tax optimization" is clarified, which is considered in contrast to traditional approaches, based on the trinity of essential characteristics of optimization processes; 2) methodological tools for improving the accounting tax policy on VAT in processing organizations of the agro-industrial complex are proposed, which differ from existing techniques and methods by eliminating contradictions between the accounting tax policy adopted by the organization and the methods of conducting tax accounting based on the implementation of regulatory legal opportunities: 1 - the content of the register of tax accounting and distribution of input VAT between taxable and non-taxable results of processing production is justified; 2 - the list of provisions of the accounting tax policy on VAT is characterized. The application of these recommendations in the course of forming a policy of value-added tax accounting and its optimization in processing organizations of the agro-industrial complex will contribute to increasing the tax solvency of these business entities.

Abstract: The subject of the research is the tax risks in the system of tax administration. The object of the research is the analysis of the factors of the emergence of tax risks,  The author examines such aspects of the topic as the classification of tax risks in accordance with the factors of the emergence of tax risks. The authors focus on the analysis of sources of the origin of tax risks. As a result of the research, the authors offer their classification of tax risks as external and internal. They describe sources of the emergence of tax risks both from the side of the state and from the side of taxpayers. The methodological basis of the research is the fundamental concepts presented in the researches of foreign and Russian scientists, laws and regulations of state authorities, federal laws, President's Decrees and Decisions of the Government of the Russian Federation, materials of research-and-practice conferences on the taxation issues. In the course of their research the authors have used abstract logic, monographic, statistical economic and other methods of economic research. Based on the anlaysis carried out, they conclude that the classification of tax risks helps discover reasons of their emergence which can be used in the process of policy making. Tax payments are one of the most important expenses for most companies and there are a lot of causes of such risks. Thus, it is very important to discover and assess possible risks and to minimize them as much as possible. 

Abstract: The subject (and the object) of the research is the efficiency of application of special tax regimes. The author of the article examines such aspects of the topic as assessing efficiency of special tax regimes which is an important element of the monitoring of tax benefits and a current priority. Considering that revenues from special tax regimes come to the consolidated budget of the Russian Federation constituents, analysis of their efficiency should be carried out at the federal level in order to evaluate the regulative and fiscal functions of tax regimes. Special attention is paid to analysis of the fiscal and incentive function special tax regimes based on the example of the Voronezh Region. Using econometric methods, the authors of the article analyze dynamics of revenues from special tax regimes, number of taxpayers and tax base when applying special tax regimes at the regional level based on the example of the consolidated budget of the Voronezh Region. The research also provides the results of assessing efficiency of special tax regimes in the Russian Federation and Voronezh Region according to the final data of tax revenues over the period since 2012 till 2014. The authors conclude that there is a need to improve indicators of efficiency of special tax regimes. In this regard, the authors suggest to include such indicators as the number of employees and gross product according to current prices into Forms 5-ESKH (Single Agricultural Tax), 5-USN (Simplified Tax System) and 1-NM ('On Calculation and Receipt of Taxes, Levies and Other Mandatory Payments into the Budget System of the Russian Federation). In addition, the authors emphasize the need to develop the system of the indicators of statistical tax accounts in according with established efficiency indicators for special tax regimes that would reflect compensative and drop-out tax revenues.