In Uzbekistan, a large-scale tax evasion scheme involving the heads of six companies and tax officials has been uncovered. The total damage to the state is estimated at tens of billions of soums.

The violations were detected during a pre-investigation check conducted by the Department under the General Prosecutor's Office together with the Tax Committee. According to investigators, the heads of six companies illegally received VAT refunds from the budget totaling 32.6 billion soums.

Additionally, they sold products worth 195.9 billion soums for cash without reflecting these transactions in bank documents. The investigation believes that as a result of these actions, the companies deliberately evaded paying taxes amounting to 42.5 billion soums.

The check also revealed violations by officials of the Tax Administration of Tashkent region. According to law enforcement, during tax audits, they drew up inspection reports without additional tax assessments totaling 5.2 billion soums, causing particularly large damage to the state.

A criminal case has been initiated on this fact. Investigative actions are currently ongoing. Earlier, in Bukhara region, real estate turnover of nearly 2 trillion soums was hidden.

Source: podrobno.uz