The criminal case initiated against officials of a limited liability company registered in the Surkhandarya region, a textile manufacturer in Tashkent, has been enriched with new details. Within the framework of this case, which is being considered in the Mirzo-Ulugbek district court, special attention was paid to the fact that the enterprise is charging additional taxes and the suspicious actions surrounding it.
According to the information, as a result of a preliminary audit conducted by the Department for Combating Economic Crimes and the Tax Department of the city of Tashkent, the enterprise was assigned an additional tax obligation of 8.7 billion soums. These calculations were also raised as a key issue in the court proceedings.
On September 15, the court issued a ruling to conduct a re-investigation at the enterprise. After that, the chief inspector of the Tax Audit Department offered "his help" to the representatives of the enterprise: during the inspection, he promised to cancel this tax of 8.7 billion soums, demanded and received 5 thousand US dollars in return.
However, the inspector did not fulfill his promise - he was not able to cancel all the additional taxes. Therefore, he tried to return the money he received. However, this action did not save him: the SSS officers detained the inspector with physical evidence.
Currently, a criminal case has been initiated against him under Article 210, Part 2, Clause "v" (bribery) of the Criminal Code, and he has been placed in pre-trial detention. The investigation is ongoing.
This event once again showed that the issues of transparency and accountability in the tax system need to be seriously studied.
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