The Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the General Prosecutor's Office has uncovered violations committed by responsible employees of the Tashkent region tax administration. During audit inspections, they reportedly failed to account for taxes totaling 5.2 billion soums.

This negligence allegedly caused significant damage to state and public interests. The officials are accused of drawing up audit reports that omitted these amounts, allowing companies to evade their tax obligations.

Furthermore, the heads of six limited liability companies and other individuals allegedly fraudulently reclaimed 32.6 billion soums in value-added tax (VAT) from the state budget. They also sold products worth 195.9 billion soums for cash without depositing the proceeds into bank accounts.

In addition, they deliberately evaded payment of taxes totaling 42.5 billion soums, grossly violating trade regulations. These actions are considered economic crimes and have led to the initiation of criminal proceedings.

A criminal case has been opened under relevant articles of the Criminal Code. Investigative actions are currently underway to determine all circumstances and bring those responsible to justice.

Source: www.gazeta.uz