Sanitek garbage-removing company accused of evading taxes
13.08.2019,
14:51
Armenia's tax agencies have accused Sanitek company, which is in charge of removing garbage from the entire territory of Yerevan, of evading taxesthe Armenian State Revenue Committee Deputy Chairman Edvard Hovhannisyan told journalists on Tuesday. He said the skim money amounts to $1.2 million (AMD 580 million).
YEREVAN, August 13. /ARKA/. Armenia's tax agencies have accused Sanitek company, which is in charge of removing garbage from the entire territory of Yerevan, of evading taxesthe Armenian State Revenue Committee Deputy Chairman Edvard Hovhannisyan told journalists on Tuesday. He said the skim money amounts to $1.2 million (AMD 580 million).
It has become known as a result of a scrutiny carried out at Sanitek International and Armenia's branch of Sanitek CJSC that the company had divided the garbage-removing functions formalizing some of them as cargo shipment and paid another taxes and making another fixed payments, which unlike garbage removal, imply no VAT.
"However, such a division is unacceptable," Hovhannisyan said. In his words, Sanitek International failed to transfer AMD 299.9 million to the government budget in Jan-Sept 2018 as VAT and Sanitek AMD 280.4 million.
The scrutiny also revealed that the company also evaded environmental duties, he said.
In his words, a comprehensive tax audit will be carried out at the companies and the investigation launched into the matter is under way now. Hovhannisyan said that Sanitek doesn't agree with these tax claims.
Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan has repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction over the job done by the company saying the city residents no longer will tolerate this shoddy service.
Sanitek has been fined twice this year for breaching their contractual obligations – AMD 13 million (more than $26,800 on April 15 and $54,100 on May 3. --0---
It has become known as a result of a scrutiny carried out at Sanitek International and Armenia's branch of Sanitek CJSC that the company had divided the garbage-removing functions formalizing some of them as cargo shipment and paid another taxes and making another fixed payments, which unlike garbage removal, imply no VAT.
"However, such a division is unacceptable," Hovhannisyan said. In his words, Sanitek International failed to transfer AMD 299.9 million to the government budget in Jan-Sept 2018 as VAT and Sanitek AMD 280.4 million.
The scrutiny also revealed that the company also evaded environmental duties, he said.
In his words, a comprehensive tax audit will be carried out at the companies and the investigation launched into the matter is under way now. Hovhannisyan said that Sanitek doesn't agree with these tax claims.
Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan has repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction over the job done by the company saying the city residents no longer will tolerate this shoddy service.
Sanitek has been fined twice this year for breaching their contractual obligations – AMD 13 million (more than $26,800 on April 15 and $54,100 on May 3. --0---
