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INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR TAX EVASION IN THE AMOUNT OF BAM 139,491.15
24.10.2022. 13:00A Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption within the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued an indictment against Muzafer ČELIGIJA, born in 1976 in Sarajevo, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The accused is charged with having, in the time period from 1 November 2012 until 31 August 2014, while acting in his capacity as a director of the legal entity "MOTO TOURS" d.o.o. Sarajevo, failed to provide the required data, i.e. with having provided false data on acquired taxable income and other facts affecting the determination of the amount of tax liabilities and thus achieved a turnover of more than BAM 900,000 and evaded payment of value added tax (VAT) in the amount of BAM 139,491.15 which is the amount of damages caused to the BiH budget.
The accused is charged with having evaded payment of duties prescribed by the tax legislation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by providing false data on the acquired taxable income that has an impact on the determination of the amount of liabilities, thereby committing the criminal offense of Tax Evasion or Fraud under Article 210, paragraph 3, in conjunction with paragraph 1 of the CC BiH.The indictment was forwarded to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina for confirmation.
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