ArmInfo.The company that operates the cableway in Tsakhkadzor has been convicted of tax evasion.
As reported by the press service of the General Prosecutor Office of Armenia, on the basis of preliminary calculations of the Office of the Investigation and operational search and preliminary calculation of the damage caused to the state, it turned out that the company operating the cableway in Tsakhkadzor during 2008-2016 showed the tax authority to understate profit. At the time of formation of legal relations, as indicated by the supervisory authority, in the prescribed manner, the revenue received from the provision of services was not calculated - about 1 billion 985 million 273 thousand drams, taxable objects (profits) were also recorded in a smaller volume - 397 million 054 thousand drams, of which the underestimated amount of income tax amounted to 79 million 410 thousand drams.
The General Prosecutor Office states that the amount of VAT payable to the budget was not calculated according to the law of the Republic of Armenia "On Value Added Tax" in force at the time of formation of legal relations. We are talking about an amount of 397 million 054 thousand drams, formed for 2008-2016. As a result of non-payment of taxes to the state, as a whole, there was damage in the amount of 476 million 465 thousand drams, of which 397 million 054 thousand drams in the VAT line, and 79 million 410 thousand drams in the income tax line.
In addition, according to the agreement on concession management of the cableway dated December 15, 2008 between the National Olympic Committee of Armenia (NOC) and the company operating the "cable way", the NOC net profit was 50% of the net profit from the operation of the cable road. The remaining 50%, under the contract, transferred to the operating company.
"Considering that the company's profit was underestimated by about 397 million 054 thousand drams, it turns out that the operating company transferred half the cut profit to the NOC, which caused damage to the company on a large scale.
According to the results of research by the prosecutor of the State Interests Protection Department of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Armenia, a criminal case was initiated on the grounds of malicious evasion from paying taxes, duties or other obligatory payments in especially large amounts, provided for by part 2 of Article 205 of the RA Criminal Code, and on signs of crimes, provided for by paragraph 1 of part 2 of article 184 of the RA Criminal Code - especially large-scale damage to the owner or another owner of the property by fraud or breach of trust was exciting the criminal case, preliminary investigation entrusted with the investigation department of the RA State Revenue Committee ", - stated in the massage of the General Prosecutor Office