Over 4.6 million UAH in unpaid taxes returned to the budget: ESBU completed the investigation into a pharmacy chain in Zakarpattia

 A pharmacy chain in Zakarpattia paid over 4.6 million UAH in taxes to the budget after the exposure of a tax liability minimization scheme. The pretrial investigation was completed by detectives of the Territorial Office of the ESBU in the Zakarpattia region.

The investigation established that the head of the enterprise in the field of retail trade in pharmaceutical goods artificially minimized tax obligations. For this purpose, he entered knowingly false information into the reporting and significantly overstated the expenses for renting premises. In this way, the enterprise evaded paying taxes for a total amount of over 4.6 million UAH.

BES analysts, together with specialists of the Main Directorate of the STS in the Transcarpathian region, analyzed the financial and economic operations of the enterprise and established the amount of unpaid taxes. The size of the damages caused to the state was also confirmed by the conclusion of a forensic economic expertise.

The actions of the head are qualified under Part 1 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (intentional evasion of paying taxes and fees on a significant scale).

During the investigation, the damages caused to the state were reimbursed in full. The proceedings were sent to court with a motion to release the man from criminal liability in connection with the payment of unpaid taxes and fees.

Procedural guidance was carried out by prosecutors of the Zakarpattia Regional Prosecutor's Office.