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We remind you that the Krajama company with land for the construction of the Queen Martha school and the kindergarten “Vaikystės soft drinks” established by the wife of Seimas member Gabrielius Landsbergis Austėja Landsbergienė was bought for one euro in the Kalnėnai district. The “peasants” assumed that the transaction was illegal. Therefore, the ruling party petitioned the FNTT and the STI.
Last week, he said he was not doing any research, and on Monday we had already received information about the investigation that had been launched. Apparently after receiving the call, the Tax Inspectorate changes its mind over the weekend, Š.Stepukonis taught.
Everything suddenly turned
ITS representatives last week 15 minutes FNTT responded too. But things changed on Monday.
STI has launched a tax investigation of UAB Knowldege Investment. The tax investigation of this company is being carried out for the first time “, – confirmed on Wednesday the representative of the State Tax Inspectorate R. Asadauskaitė.
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His comment states that “to ensure that taxpayers declare and pay taxes properly, the STI evaluates all the data received about taxpayers, i. and. data declared by taxpayers and received from third parties, information that has appeared in the media, data provided by other taxpayers about possible tax evasion, etc. “
Sigismund Gedvila photo / 15min photo / State Tax Inspection
Therefore, after analyzing the available data, the STI decided to initiate a tax investigation “to ensure that the company adequately complies with its tax obligations.”
Only originals were requested
The STI requested the company’s VAT and Income Tax reports for 2018. It was in that year that the one-euro agreement was made, when the BaltCap Fund sold to A.Landsbergienė a company with plots for the construction of a school and a kindergarten.
“We will provide all the documents as necessary, but in that year neither VAT nor income tax was paid because the company had no income.” 15 minutes BaltCap Fund partner Šarūnas Stepukonis confirmed.
Sigismund Gedvila photo / 15min / Šarūnas Stepukonis
I was surprised by the sudden change of mind of the ITS. “It was said last week that no investigation is taking place, and we have already received information on the investigation on Monday.” It is very strange when the Tax Inspectorate, apparently after receiving a call, changes its mind during the weekend ”, taught Š.Stepukonis.
Peasants suspected a false deal
BaltCap, a fund that invests in educational institutions, built the A. Landsbergien school and kindergarten. The basis for this in 2018. He acquired land with a new company and sold it to A. Landsbergiene for euros.
“The company itself was worthless, but it had land and a commitment to build educational facilities. It would even be difficult to avoid taxes here, because there was simply no income until November last year, when the rent was paid, ”said the BaltCap partner.
The Lithuanian Peasants and Greens Union has previously approached the STI and the FNTT with suspicions that “the transaction has the characteristics of a simulated transaction and may not correspond to its market value.” Therefore, the ITS was asked to conduct a tax investigation, along with an evaluation of whether the transaction price in one euro was not chosen to avoid paying taxes to the state.
Luke April / 15min photo / Queen Martha’s School
According to the “peasants”, in the event that UAB “Krajama” was established to have debts that would reduce the value of your transfer transaction, you are asked to assess whether the loan transactions were not carried out for unknown reasons just to transfer funds from one loan to another. The companies of A. Landsbergienė to another company they own, thereby artificially reducing the value of UAB Krajama shares before the sale of their shares. ”
Š.Stepukonis: “The study will be evaluated by politicians”
Š.Stepukonis, a partner at BaltCap, stated that the Queen Martha and Kindergarten construction project was carried out according to the classic PPP method, only in this case a private company participated in the agreement.
“Now we are doing the same project in the Kaunas district, where we will build schools. Only there, the district municipality transferred the company not for the euro, but for nothing, ”said Š.Pepukonis.
He believes that the ITS investigation will continue for a long time. “It really won’t end until the elections, and all this time the investigation may be escalating for politicians,” he said.
How does the investment fund partner evaluate ITS’s decision to initiate the investigation? “We respect this institution, but the timeline for deciding to start an investigation over the weekend says it all. And it’s not his fault, “said my interlocutor.
The decision follows statements
By the way, coincidence, but the ITS launched the investigation after it released the ownership statements of the politicians and their families last Wednesday. Then it was announced that A. Landsbergienė was in third place according to available property, which he personally declared 13 million. The assets managed together with her husband Gabriel Landsbergis amount to 14.5 million euros. This is almost 8 times more than a year ago, when total declared assets totaled 1.87 million. euros
G. Landsbergis last week 15 minutes He explained through the agent why the value of the declared assets had increased so much.
Last year, the business of G. Landsbergienberg’s wife A. Landsbergien esposa obtained a loan for the construction of a new school and, therefore, it was necessary to evaluate the value of the shares.
Photo by Josvydas Elinskas / 15min / Austėja Landsbergienė and Gabrielius Landsbergis
“Before applying for a loan to build a new school in 2019, there was a mandatory requirement to assess the value of companies’ shares. What has been done: This value of the shares is reflected in the declaration of assets of A.Landsbergien financieros, but the financial liabilities of the business are even higher, currently reaching 20 million. euros
As already publicly announced, in August 2019, A. Landsbergienė increased the authorized capital of parent company Kibirkštis to LTL 12.6 million. EUR. The authorized capital was not increased by a monetary contribution, but by adding the shares of “Vaikystės sodo” and “Queen Martha’s School” to the market value of the shares determined by the business appraisers, “the explanation stated.
The Seimas Temporary Inquiry Commission, chaired by Agnė Širinskienė, representative of LVŽS, began to talk about the activities of the Krajama company, of which A. Landsbergienė was the sole shareholder. It was declared illegal by the Constitutional Court.
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