Finance Ministry’s Investigation Service charges 2 for tax evasion
The offenders were also found to have “systematically” submitted irregular income declarations for companies under their management, avoiding paying around ₾500,000 to the state budget, the body said. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia has charged two individuals for manufacturing and using forged tax documents, legalising illegal income and evading “particularly large amounts” of tax, the state body said on Friday.
In its investigation, the Service found the arrested individuals had created forged tax documents purporting purchase and supply of timber materials between each other.
Using the forged documents, they then sold illegally extracted timber worth ₾640,763 on local market.
The offenders were also found to have “systematically” submitted irregular income declarations for companies under their management, avoiding paying around ₾500,000 to the state budget, the body said.
The crime is punishable by nine to 12 years in prison.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia has arrested three individuals for selling excise-free tobacco products, the state body said on Monday.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia has arrested two individuals and charged them with property damage and manufacture and use of forged customs documents, the state authority said on Wednesday.
The investigation service of Georgia’s finance ministry has charged an individual for manufacture and use of forged tax documents and evasion of “particularly large amounts” of tax, the state body said on Tuesday.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia has charged an individual with income tax evasion in Georgia’s western region of Adjara, the state body said on Friday.
Five individuals have been charged with manufacture and use of forged tax documents, damage to property, negligence and smuggling of “particularly large quantities” of wheat by the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia on Tuesday said it had launched proceedings against an individual after identifying “illegal entrepreneurial activity”, legalisation of illicit income and tax evasion in the country’s Black Sea region of Adjara.