The AFIP detected the diversion of 2,000 million pesos through maneuvers with the purpose of evading taxes. They were deposited in bank accounts of ghost companies to be used for payment to suppliers and employees’ salaries.
The Federal Public Revenue Administration (AFIP) raided 36 homes of taxpayers identified as relevant debtors with few banking transactions, who with the purpose of evade paying taxesdiverted income through ghost companies.
The real owners used different companies that replaced each other, keeping the owners hidden and the management of the commercial exploitation. Under these “shell” companies they developed their activity, generating tax and pension debts and then changing the company name and interposing insolvent front men, transferring the payroll of workers.
Shell companies evade taxes
“As a consequence of investigative tasks carried out by the General Tax Directorate (DGI), A group of companies and professionals operating together was detectedwhose purpose was to offer “POS terminals” and bank accounts owned by apocryphal companies, which were used by different taxpayers linked to the gastronomic and clothing sector”, reported from the AFIP.
According to official sources, through these maneuvers $2,000,000,000 was diverted, which was deposited in the bank accounts of the shell companies and later used to pay suppliers and employees’ salaries.
“Through the analysis of the IP used by both the power plants and the posnet users, the addresses, partners and other relevant data, the link was established with a professional society, which would be the criminal organization in charge of the creation, administration and marketing of these complex maneuvers,” they noted.
For this reason and based on the clues, the AFIP carried out a criminal complaint that was settled in the Federal Economic Criminal Court No.9requesting emergency measures in order to protect the interests of the Treasury.
“In the procedure, cash worth 1 million dollars and a large amount of documentation and information in digital format of interest to the case were seized,” AFIP confirmed.
Source: Ambito
