As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia have exposed two facts of tax evasion committed in particularly large quantities and brought to the criminal liability heads of two companies.

Investigation dtermined that the heads of the companies operating in Tbilisi and Batumi, by violating tax legislation, were systematically, incorrectly declaring income and were not properly taxed. Therefore, they avoided paying large amount of taxes. 

As a result of tax audits, in the first case, the taxpayer received GEL 426 711 in favor of the state budget, including the basic tax of GEL 281 123. In the second case, the taxpayer received GEL 168 009, including the basic tax of GEL 111 667.

Investigation is underway under the first and second parts of Article 218 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which envisages imprisonment from 5 to 8 years.