Tax specialists exposed tax evasion totaling more than 20 million UAH

Press service of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, published 19 November 2020 at 09:58 Chapter: News

Tax specialists exposed tax evasion in especially large amounts by officials of the enterprise operating in the agricultural product market.

In the course of analytical research, tax specialists of the Anti-money laundering department of Main Directorate of the STS in Mykolaiv region established that officials of the enterprise received funds for a supply of agricultural products to the bank accounts of business entities of the real sector of economy. Subsequently, these funds were prepared and used for the purchase of agricultural products in the shadow market without documentation in financial and tax accounting.

Contrary to the requirements of current tax legislation, the enterprise did not register as a value added tax payer and evaded payment of the value added tax totaling more than 20 million UAH.

Based on the specified materials, information on the commission of a criminal offense under Part 3 Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine was entered to the Unified register of pre-trial investigations.