INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR TAX EVASION IN THE AMOUNT OF 37,000 BAM

One legal person (company) from Pelagićevo, its Director and another person authorized to represent it, are accused of damaging the budget of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the aforementioned amount of money.

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

1.      Milena Brkić, born in 1963 in Šid, in Serbia, residing in Pelagićevo, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, who is a founder and a Director of the General Cooperative "DOBRO POLJE" p.o. /unlimited company/ in Pelagićevo,

2.      Gavro Brkić, born in 1961 in Pelagićevo, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a person authorized to represent the General Cooperative "DOBRO POLJE" p.o. /unlimited company/,

3.      General Cooperative "DOBRO POLJE" p.o. /unlimited company/ Pelagićevo, which was entered into the Unified Register of Indirect Taxpayers at the Banja Luka Regional Center

These accused persons are charged, as a Director and an authorized person of the said company, respectively, with acquiring taxable turnover in the amount of BAM 219,705.00 on behalf of the legal person General Cooperative "DOBRO POLJE" p.o. /unlimited company/ in Pelagićevo, which turnover they partially recorded in the accounting records of the said legal person, but they failed to calculate the corresponding Value Added Tax (VAT) in the amount of BAM 37,349.96, nor did they show it in monthly VAT returns for 2013, which were submitted to the Indirect Taxation Authority (ITA) of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

These accused persons are thus charged with causing damage to the budget of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the amount of BAM 37,349.96, and with acquiring unlawful material gain in the same amount.

The legal person "Dobro Polje", a General Cooperative p.o. /unlimited company/ in Pelagićevo, is charged with disposing of unlawfully acquired material gain in the amount of BAM 37,349.96, which was realized in the name, for the account and for the benefit of the legal entity by the accused Milena Brkić and Gavro Brkić.

The aforementioned accused persons are charged with the criminal offence of Tax Evasion or Fraud, referred to in Article 210, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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