Tax specialists exposed evasion scheme totaling 9.5 million UAH

Press service of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, published 05 February 2021 at 14:25 Chapter: News

Tax specialists jointly with employees of the Operational department of Main Directorate of the SFS in Ternopil region exposed intentional tax evasion totaling 9.5 million UAH.

Specialists of the Anti-money laundering department of Main Directorate of the STS in Ternopil region detected that the specified scheme involved officials of a number of enterprises registered in Lviv, Donetsk, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kyiv, Zaporizhia and Ternopil regions. Minimizers carried out registration of the non-commodity operations with enterprises of the real sector of economy.

Investigative department of Main Directorate of the SFS in Ternopil region made a decision to enter in the Unified Register of pre-trial investigations information on the commission of a criminal violation under Part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – acts that led to actual budgetary losses or state trust funds in especially large amounts.

Liability for such a violation is a fine of 15 to 25 thousand non-taxable minimum citizens’ incomes with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or be involved in certain activities for up to three years with confiscation of property.

Investigative actions are ongoing.

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