CEO of “Khustkhlib” will be tried for 4,200,000 UAH of unpaid taxes

Prosecutors of the region sent to the court an indictment regarding CEO of the "Khustkhlib" LLC and its chief accountant. They were charged with willful evasion from paying income tax amounting to almost 4,200,000 UAH and forgery (Part 2 and Part 3 of Article 212 and Part 2 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – punishable by imprisonment for a term of two to five years with deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions or engage in certain activities with confiscation of property). During preliminary investigation it was revealed that the head of "Khustkhlib" LLC by prior agreement with the chief accountant of the company, from July 2009 to September 2010, by understatement of taxable items, intentionally evaded payment of income tax in the amount of 499,355 UAH, and from January to May 2011 deliberately underestimated income tax due to the budget in the amount of almost 4,200,000 UAH.To avoid taxes, chief accountant, in collusion with the director, made false information to the tax return and approved it with her own signature, thus forging the official document, and submitted it to Khust tax service. The tax service discovered the fact of forgery and tax evasion and non-payment to the budget of income tax in a large amount, which in turn resulted in grave consequences to the public interest.The defendants were released on bail.