By evading taxes, appliance sellers have caused nearly half a million in damage to the state.



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According to the data of the pre-trial investigation, the company operating in Kaunas sold several household appliances, which it allegedly bought from two companies located in Lithuania. When FNTT officials began buying and selling purchase transactions, completely different circumstances were clarified, according to the FNTT report.

According to the collected data, the Kaunas company allegedly bought its home appliances sold to Latvian citizens, who bought these appliances in Poland and resold them to Lithuanians. To avoid VAT payable to the state, Latvian citizens documented that the goods were sold by two non-operating companies registered in Lithuania, the real owners of which were the Latvians themselves.

The Lithuanian sellers of household appliances, although they indicated that they had bought the products from two companies registered in Lithuania, the payments for the purchased products were made to the accounts of the Latvian companies, which were indicated by the Latvian citizens. In doing so, Lithuanian vendors have possibly avoided more than 325,000 people in almost a year and a half. EUR and did not pay almost 130 thousand euros to the state. income tax in euros.

The accusations were made against three people: the director of the trading company, the actual manager, who made most of the decisions related to the company’s activities, and another Kaunas resident. The director of the company was charged with fraudulent accounting and fraud in the acquisition of high-value foreign property. The other two Kaunas residents are also accused of committing such a criminal act.

In this case, the Kaunas County State Tax Inspectorate initiated a civil action. Property ownership worth nearly 30 thousand. euros.

The pre-trial investigation was carried out by the Prosecutor of the 3rd Prosecution Division of the Kaunas Regional Prosecutor’s Office. After the indictment was drawn up, the case was transferred to the Kaunas Chamber of the Kaunas District Court.

High-value foreign property acquired through fraud is severely punishable by up to eight years in prison. The most severe punishment for fraudulent accounting is imprisonment for up to four years, recalls FNTT.

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