Arman Mendybayev

Education
1992 - 1996: Bachelor Degree in Applied Mathematics; Faculty – Mechanics and Applied Mathematics; KazSTU after Al farabi, Almaty.
2000-2002: Master’s Degree in Applied Mathematics; Faculty – Mechanics and Applied Mathematics; KazSTU after Al farabi, Almaty.

Professional Background
August 2008 – to present: Partner, Head of Transfer Pricing Department, GRATA Law Firm.

• Study and legal advising on new export-import contracts;
• Transactions monitoring;
• Provision of information on market prices and the relevant documents related to the delivery cost of the goods to the relevant markets (differential);
• Pre-control audit;
• Support if the tax audit of transfer pricing;
• Appeal of the results of tax audits on transfer pricing.

2003 - 2008: Department Head, Tax Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

• Development of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On State Control when Applying Transfer Prices in International Business Transactions”;
• Development of the Instruction “For State Control Performance when Applying Transfer Prices in International Business Transactions”;
• Development of the program of informational interchange between customs and tax bodies within Eurasian Economic Community (Russia, Belorussia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan);
• Development of international agreements under exchange and interaction between tax bodies of other states;
• Conclusion of agreements for implementation of database on the world prices quoted on the world stock exchanges through informational systems;
• Development of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Transfer Pricing”;
• Development of the Tax Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• Giving and participating in seminars (speaker) on transfer pricing;
• Participating (supervising) in tax audits for transfer pricing.

1999 – 2002: Chief Specialist of the Ministry of State Income of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

• Analysis of activities of large taxpayers;
• Tax audit of financial economical activities of large taxpayers;
• Development of electronic monitoring of large taxpayers;
• Development of monitoring of secondary ferrous and nonferrous metals.

Languages
Russian, Kazakh, English