The Federal Public Revenue Administration (AFIP) carried out a control operation in a recognized change agency with 16 branches in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA). The main objective of this action was to detect possible tax evasion maneuvers related to exchange transactions, especially in the purchase and sale of bonds and other assets in dollars.
More than 300 officials from the organization led by Carlos Castagneto between the DGeneral Tax Directorate (DGI)the General Directorate of Social Security (DGRSS) and the General Directorate of Customs (DGA) with the collaboration of the Argentine Federal Police.
According to official information, AFIP agents were deployed to different AMBA locations to carry out an investigation that had previously been identified. signs of irregularities in the operations of the exchange agency.
Dollar: what was discovered in exchange agencies
The initial results of the investigation indicated that the taxpayer had not declared an adequate number of personnel in relation to the size of its commercial activity. Furthermore, the reported operating expenses did not correspond to the declared income, and significant exempt income had been detected without justification.
During the operation, the taxpayer was asked, in all its branches, for documentation to support the financial economic capacity of its clients to carry out exchange operations. This information will be incorporated into a risk matrix managed by the AFIP investigations area to detect possible fiscal inconsistencies.
In cases in which the irregularities mentioned, the AFIP will carry out inspections of those taxpayers who, according to the entity’s computer records, do not have the necessary economic means to carry out the declared operations.
In addition, the General Directorate of Social Security detected that 92% of the employees surveyed in the branches of the exchange agency They were not registered with the AFIP. Corresponding minutes have been drawn up and a process has been initiated for the taxpayer to regularize the situation of his personnel, pay the arrears of social contributions and face sanctions related to social security.
These operations are added to the continuous actions of the AFIP aimed at detecting breaches of tax regulations by financial and related entities.
Source: Ambito
