The purpose of the study is theoretical substantiation and systematic elaboration of the theoretical and methodological foundations and empirical-methodic ways of complex, interdisciplinary research and studying of the phenomenon "shadow economy".The objects of the study are economical, organizational-administrative and legal relations in the sphere of financial-economic and civil-legal turnover of things and actions connected with shaded origin, rise and reproduction of criminal influence on criminalizing of economy, as well as strategy, tactics and way of its de-shadowing. The themes of the study are: - Production, financial, commercial and other activity of the subjects of managing in a shaded sphere of economy, its causes, forms and ways of its shadowing; - Activity of the legislative and executive state bodies in the sphere of education, as well as scientific institutions on substantiation of economic pre-conditions of assistance to returning of business activity into legal sector of economy fromshadow one; - Functioning of the institutions, enterprises, departmental and interdepartmental divisions of economic security and law-enforcement bodies on forming of the infrastructure and conditions of prevention of shadow processes, localization of shaded manifestations and de-shadowing of economy; - System and ways of perfecting of the legal regulation of counteraction to shadow processes in the sphere of economic relations; - Researches of domestic and foreign scientists in law, economic, administrative and other sciences on the theory and practice of de-shadowing of economy. The methodological basis of the study is made up of the principles of materialist dialectics, sociological and economical methods of knowledge and transformation of real phenomena, system-technological theory of conflicts, general theory of criminology, theory of administration, economic theory, theory of economic security of a state. The analysis of the shadow economy was made on the basis of such methods as: system-structural, structural-functional, historical-legal, comparative-legal, statistical, methods of induction and deduction, etc. The thesis was used: - During preparation of the amendments to 24 bills submitted for consideration by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine;- By the Prime-minister of Ukraine on realization of "The program of studying of the reasons of latent crimes and elaboration of the ways of counteraction to latent criminality"; · During elaboration and preparation of the outcoming documents of State Tax Administration of Ukraine on the topics of the scientific researches: "Theoretical-methodological bases of economical-criminological examination of bills on the questions of taxation", "The canals of out-flowing of capitals abroad and methods of de-shadowing of external economic relations", "Scientific, methodic and practical provision of education process of the state tax service officials on the problems of of de-shadowing of economy and counteraction to tax evasions", "Problems of counteraction to laundering of illegal incomes with usage of business structures of increased risk"; · During preparation of "The licensed conditions of economic activity on manufacture of securities' forms and documents of strict reporting" by The State Sign Department; · During elaboration of the draft "Conception of adoption of the protected forms of strict reporting and reporting in the sphere of cash turnover and motion of commodity-material values"; · During preparation of the work educational programs and lectures on the subject "Shadow economy and the ways of its counteraction"; · During preparatio
