INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR THE CRIMINAL OFFENCE OF TAX EVASION; DAMAGE TO THE BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF BAM 17,400

Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has issued an Indictment against the following persons:

1. Mitar Perić, born on 18 June 1954 in Bijeljina

2. Legal person of ‘MD-PERIĆ COMPANY’ d.o.o. /Limited Liability Company/ from Bijeljina

The accused Mitar Perić is charged, as a Director and a person responsible in the ‘MD-PERIĆ COMPANY’ d.o.o. /Limited Liability Company/ from Bijeljina, with submitting value added tax (VAT) returns containing false data about the realized turnover and acquired taxable incomes, in the course of 2014 and 2015, with the intention of evading the payment of duties required under the tax legislation, as well as with failing to report the amount of BAM 104,527.00, for which VAT was not calculated.   

The Indictment alleges that, following the tax control which was carried out by the Indirect Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the accused submitted substitute tax returns, reporting therein the aforementioned taxable amount and executing the payment of value added tax (VAT) for the year of 2014, while failing to execute the payment of VAT for the year of 2015 in the amount of BAM 17,436.00, for which amount he damaged the budget of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The aforementioned accused persons are charged with the commission of the continued criminal offense of Tax Evasion or Fraud, as referred to in Article 210 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Indictment has been forwarded to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina for confirmation.