Tax evasion on a large scale was revealed in Transcarpathia

Investigators of the Ministry of Income in Transcarpathia revealed tax evasion on a large scale

The willful tax evasion amounting to more than 4,340,000 UAH was revealed by officers of the Operational Department of the Ministry of Income Main Office in Transcarpathian region.

Thus, one of the business entities, carrying out, during 2013, financial and economic activity in the field of auto parts imports, by hiding the actual results of financial and economic activities, intentionally evaded payment of value added tax and income tax. The damage from the financial fraud is non-receipt of funds to the budget in a large scale. Currently, urgent investigative measures are being taken, and the criminal offense has been registered in the Unified register of pre-trial investigations under Part 3 of Art. 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Also, while taking measures in the priority areas of the activity of the Ukrainian tax police, officers of the Financial Investigation Department registered in the Unified register of pre-trial investigations the information under Part 1 of Art. 212 of the CC of Ukraine over tax evasion in significant amounts by the illegal formation of VAT credit.

It was established that officials of one of the entities in the region, during the implementation of financial and business operations in the period of 2012-2013, illegally formed a tax credit on transactions with a private company registered in the city of Kyiv, thus evading the payment of value added tax totaling in 861,400 UAH, as a result of which the budget did not receive a large amount of funds.

The investigators are conducting investigative measures regarding the criminal offense.