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Mandate 02 · Keep it current

Mothball Retainer

Most residual files do not need seven mandates. They need the entity to stay lawful while the board decides. That is one retainer, not four contracts.

Four vendors, one shell

Buying tax, director, bank, and payroll as separate lines is how files drift. One missed RSV because ‘that was the other mandate’ is how a mothball becomes a reconstruction.

  • Tax filed, director gone — returns rejected
  • Director in place, account frozen — tax unpaid
  • One leftover employee not on the tax calendar
  • Four English reports that do not match

What it is

Large firms sell ‘care and maintenance’ as a bundle. We do the same for a residual Russian entity, inside a New York contract: filings, director, address, the ruble amounts the calendar still demands, and any leftover employment paper — reported in English on a monthly cadence.

The parent still does not file, sign, or pay in Russia. The affiliate does. Where the subsidiary cannot be funded from the U.S., we pay the ruble tax bill from the affiliate’s in-country balance and you reimburse Colibry LLC in dollars, to a U.S. bank. If the board later resolves to liquidate, the retainer is the running start: books current, director reachable, calendar paid.

What is in scope — and what is not

We do

  • The tax cycle (including nils) and the English calendar
  • Nominee director, registered address, EGRUL hygiene
  • Ruble tax-payment administration from in-country balances — including an advance from the affiliate, reimbursed to Colibry LLC in USD
  • Residual payroll / labor close-out or mothball payroll
  • Rosstat and the notices that still apply to this OKVED
  • One monthly English digest covering all of the above
  • A copy pack structured for the parent’s auditors

We do not

  • Voluntary liquidation (separate project, once the board resolves)
  • FTS field-audit defense as a surprise inside the retainer — that is a new scope
  • IT hosting, unless added as a line
  • Any prohibited commercial activity

How the work runs

  1. 01

    Diagnostic or kickoff

    If you do not yet have a path, we write the options paper first. If mothball is already the decision, we skip to the pack.

  2. 02

    Onboard

    Director, address, bank, tax calendar, people census — two to three weeks.

  3. 03

    Run

    Monthly digest. Four-week warnings. Same-cycle FTS paper.

  4. 04

    Exit the retainer

    Into liquidation, or into a thinner line if the board cuts further.

Calendar

WhenWhat
Weeks 1–3Onboarding
MonthlySingle English digest and one invoice
QuarterlyCIT / VAT / accounts as they fall

What we need to start

Missing items are a workstream, not a reason to wait. A signed note that a year of filings does not exist is more useful than another month of silence.

  • The week-one pack: extract, charter, last filings, 1C or a gap statement, director list, bank if any, leftover FTS letters
  • A one-line board objective: mothball

Reporting

One monthly English digest. One invoice. Copies held for parent-audit requests.

Who it is for

Parents that have decided not to liquidate this year and need the entity quiet, current, and explainable.

We will not take

  • A going concern that is still trading in Russia
  • A file that is already an open field audit — start with defense

Fees and start

Fixed-scope engagements with fees agreed in advance. Pricing is set after an initial consultation at no charge. Onboarding 2–3 weeks. Then monthly until you change the path. See how the New York contract works and the week-one document pack.

Questions on this mandate

How is this priced?
Fixed monthly retainer after the complimentary intake. The engagement letter lists what is in and what triggers a project (liquidation, field audit, IT stand-up). Ruble amounts we advance in-country are reimbursed separately, in USD, on an English invoice.
Who pays the Russian tax if we cannot wire?
The affiliate. If the entity still has rubles, from that account. If not, from the affiliate’s in-country balance. You reimburse Colibry LLC in dollars, to a U.S. bank. The mechanism is Banking & Tax-Payment Administration; the line is already inside this retainer.
Can we add 1C hosting later?
Yes. It is a separate line, not silently inside the mothball fee.

Confidential intake

Begin with a conversation, not a wire to Russia.

Complimentary initial consultation. We typically respond within one business day. Inquiries are handled with complete discretion.

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