VAT scheme which costed more than 9 million UAH to the state was exposed

Press service of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, published 13 October 2020 at 10:17 Chapter: News

Tax specialists of Vinnytsia region exposed operations that may be related to the anti-money laundering.

Violation was revealed during the processing of tax information regarding business entity of the real sector of economy.

Tax specialists of the Anti-money laundering department of Main Directorate of the STS in Vinnytsia region identified that officials of the specified business entity used forged documents, namely tax invoices issued and registered in the Unified Register of Tax Invoices. Herewith, the suppliers did not confirm the operation. This indicates the actual lack of reality of business operations between these counterparties.

Such actions were aimed at evading payment (minimization) of their own tax liabilities, as well as giving opportunity to beneficiary to unreasonably form the value added tax credit.

As a result of using this scheme, the state losses may amount to more than 9 million UAH.

Research materials were transferred to the law enforcement agencies for decision-making according to Article 214 of the Criminal Procedure Code.