Prosecutor of the Department III of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH has issued an Indictment against Aleksandra Rakić- Novaković, born on 22 March 1975 in Bihać, resident of Banjaluka, citizen of BiH.   

The accused Aleksandra Rakić- Novaković is charged, as an owner and responsible person in the ‘Bami’ store in Banjaluka, with failing to present all the procurement, realization and delivery of pre-paid cards based on intermediation services rendered in sales which arose from the business relation with the ‘Telecommunications of Republika Srpska’ in Banjaluka, during the period from 01 January 2005 to 31 December 2005, in order to avoid paying sales tax.  

In the aforementioned period, due to failing to file tax returns and thus failing to pay sales tax on services rendered with commission, the accused Aleksandra Rakić- Novaković has damaged the budget of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the amount of BAM 54,328.74.

The accused Aleksandra Rakić- Novaković is charged with evading payment of duties prescribed by tax legislation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, by giving false information about her taxable income, and as the amount of duties evaded exceeds BAM 50,000.00, she thereby committed the criminal offense of Tax Evasion or Fraud, as referred to in Article 210, Paragraph 3, in conjunction with Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of BiH.

The Indictment has been forwarded to the Court of BiH for confirmation.