ArmInfo. "Gazprom Armenia" JSC made an explanation in connection with the report of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) on tax evasion in the companies belonging to "Gazprom-Armenia".
As ArmInfo correspondent was told in the press service of the company, only "Avtogaz" LLC is the subsidiary of "Gazprom Armenia" from the mentioned companies. In this company, tax audits were carried out according to the annual plan of inspections with consequent actions. As stressed in the CJSC, the remaining LLC, evading the fulfillment of tax obligations, do not have a relationship with Gazprom Armenia. On the eve, Armenian tax authorities reported cases of evasion of fulfillment of tax obligations in the gas stations of Gazprom Armenia. It was reported that the State Revenue Committee received reports that as a result of the chairman of the KGD commissioned by OOO "Avtogaz", as well as "Avtostop", "GAOM Group", "Arzni Gaz", owned by JSC Gazprom-Armenia, "Torch Gas", "Nakhshin" measurements it was found that these companies during 2016-2018gg. indicated the understated volumes of gas sold, thereby evading taxes in the amount of 58.700.000, 14.900.000, 168.400.000, 79.400.000, 53.000.000, 25.700.000 and 349.500.000 AMD, respectively. On the basis of the foregoing, the Investigation Department and the Criminal Investigation Department of the Criminal Investigation Department initiated criminal proceedings in parts 1 and 2 of Article 205 ("Evasion from payment of taxes, duties or other mandatory payments") of the Criminal Code of Armenia, within which a number of investigative and procedural actions were carried out, including searches and inspections. On July 10, 2018, officers of the Investigative and Operational Investigative Directorate and the Inquiry Department of the KGB jointly conducted searches at gas stations belonging to these companies, where they found accounting documents, computers, video recorders regarding a number of circumstances to be clarified in criminal cases and others.
