The problem of the lack of legislative certainty in the field of establishing the principles of separate accounting allowed us to determine the purpose of the article – the development of recommendations for separate VAT accounting based on the analysis of judicial practice. Achieving this goal required solving a number of tasks, including: formation of an understanding of the fundamental features of the division of operations into levels of synthetic and analytical accounting; formation of proposals on the most effective methodology for separate accounting based on judicial practice and the experience of economic activities of organizations from different sectors of the economy. The object of scientific work is a set of socio-economic relations arising in the process of applying VAT tax legislation. The subject of the study is the mechanism of separate accounting for value added tax. The novelty of the work consists in identifying problematic aspects of the functioning of the current tax legislation in the field of separate VAT accounting, as well as offering solutions to them. The main conclusions of the study can be considered the following. The absence in the tax legislation of the obligation to keep separate records when using different VAT rates does not exempt the taxpayer from the obligation to separate transactions and tax bases at different tax rates. This conclusion also applies to taxpayers who carry out operations to loans in cash, despite the fact that VAT is fully deductible when performing such operations. In addition, based on the methods of separate accounting considered in the work, it is worth noting that the accounting methodology, which implies the opening of additional sub-accounts to accounting accounts, is the most effective. It is based on the differentiation of accounts and sub-accounts of accounting, this will allow to collect the necessary information on synthetic accounting accounts on the operational requests of tax authorities.

The problem of inaccurate interpretation of the norms of Article 149 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation allowed us to determine the purpose of the article – the analysis of judicial practice in order to form an objective position on the legality of the application of tax legislation. Achieving this goal required solving a set of tasks: to form an understanding of the key features of exemption from value added tax and, based on judicial practice, to identify the main patterns of tax disputes. The object of the study is the process of regulating tax legal relations by legislative authorities. The subject of the study is a set of socio-economic relations arising in the process of applying tax legislation. This article uses traditional research methods: system analysis, deduction, induction, situational analysis, analogy and dialectics.   The novelty of the study consists in identifying problematic aspects of the functioning of the current tax legislation, as well as the proposed solutions to them. The relevance of the topic under consideration is beyond doubt, since the norms of tax law have a significant impact on the development of the Russian economy. This article is of scientific interest to a wide range of specialists, analysts, as well as official news agencies. In addition, the information presented in the paper can serve as a scientific basis for modeling and forecasting priority areas of tax policy development. Based on the analysis of Article 149 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, it can be concluded that many sub-paragraphs do not disclose a clear list of services, the sale of which is exempt from VAT taxation. As a result, there is a need to improve and detail the current tax legislation as a priority direction of the regulatory and legal policy of the state.