Investigation - Tax fraud scheme/ 12 people are arrested, 3 Albanians and 9 Italian citizens

2023-12-20 18:17:00, Aktualitet CNA

Investigation - Tax fraud scheme/ 12 people are arrested, 3 Albanians and 9

A tax fraud scheme is busted. The Court of Tirana has ordered prison terms for 12 people, where three of them are Albanian citizens and 9 Italian citizens.

The Tax Administration, for a period of several months, has carried out a detailed investigation with its specialized structures, proving the fiscal evasion and illegal activity that some subjects carried out by fictitiously invoicing the consultancy service, in order to avoid tax obligations for reasons of profit .

About 2 million euros of financial damage to the state budget through fictitious invoices issued by entities such as Individuals or LLCs, which performed activities in the field of consulting services, avoiding tax obligations.

These subjects fictitiously increased expenses, making it possible to equate them with income so that the value of the Income Tax liability to be paid would be lower, thus avoiding the real obligation arising from Income Tax.

From the in-depth investigation of the Tax Administration, it was found that there were no bank transactions related to the purchased services or the bank transactions were carried out by individuals related or not to these entities, thus proving the fictitiousness of the invoices and the fraud scheme.

"Tax fraud scheme, the Tax Administration successfully finalizes the investigation for fiscal evasion.

The Tax Administration, through specialized methods, proved the fictitiousness of the invoices for consultancy services".

The Tax Administration, for a period of several months, has carried out a detailed investigation with its specialized structures, proving the fiscal evasion and illegal activity that some subjects carried out by fictitiously invoicing the consultancy service, in order to avoid tax obligations for reasons of profit .

About 2 million euros of financial damage to the state budget through fictitious invoices issued by entities such as Individuals or LLCs, which performed activities in the field of consulting services, avoiding tax obligations.

The Tax Administration, through specialized methods and in-depth analysis, has managed to verify the fictitiousness of the invoices of these subjects through the crossing of information in real time as well as bank transactions.

These subjects fictitiously increased expenses, making it possible to equate them with income so that the value of the Income Tax liability to be paid would be lower, thus avoiding the real obligation arising from Income Tax.

From the in-depth investigation of the Tax Administration, it was found that there were no bank transactions related to the purchased services or the bank transactions were carried out by individuals related or not to these entities, thus proving the fictitiousness of the invoices and the fraud scheme.

Taxes also verified that these entities declared their headquarters in fictitious addresses, thus avoiding the obligation of Withholding Tax and Income Tax for subletting.

In cooperation with the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of Tirana and with the Directorate for Economic Crime in the State Police, they managed to prove that through fictitious invoicing, these entities have consumed elements of the criminal offense provided for by articles 180, 190 and 143 of the Criminal Code. in the Republic of Albania.

Due to this criminal activity, the Court of the Judicial District of Tirana has ordered the detention of 12 citizens, 3 of whom are Albanians and 9 Italian citizens.

Also, it is suspected that this criminal fraud scheme also extends to the neighboring country, Italy, where the main beneficiaries also operate, which are entities that benefit from the entire value of the suspected fictitious consulting services, which is estimated at over 6 million Euros ", informs the General Directorate of Taxes.