Famous VAT posterThe company, which has been operating in Colombia for several years by defrauding the state, has registered new investigations. Prosecutor’s Office112 companies, criminal networks and one Dian official who will join the corruption network It has already caused a loss of 1.7 billion pesos.
In an interview with EL TIEMPO, Luz Angela BahamonThe representative of the Criminal Finances of the Prosecutor’s Office explained that there are many ongoing investigations regarding the networks. They’re not just in Bogotáand it seems that among the criminal companies there are several companies that are famous in the country.
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This is a topic tax evasionThey consider VAT appropriate. What was revealed in the investigations carried out by the prosecutor’s office: criminal structures that created paper companiesfront, to simulate economic operations.
Well, sell the bills with an ideological lie. So what happens? A real company makes sales, collects a VAT every two months which must be handed over to the State, Dian, then allocates this VAT They go to the criminal structure that sells invoices and get invoices. for the same values.
If I made an actual sale of one million pesos, the VAT I actually collected would be 190,000 pesos. I go to a store, I get another bill for a million and there is a fake VAT of $190,000Then I say to the State: ‘I pass the 190,000 I got from VAT and the 190,000 I bought and I allocate what I actually saved and I pay 1, 2 or 3 percent of the bill for the frontand so I don’t even have to go to Dian to file a VAT return, I just go through it on bi-monthly returns.
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This major investigation came not from Dian’s complaint but from an unofficial source. These statements become even stronger three years later, even Since the statements were finalized, Dian would no longer be able to collect that money.So Dian collected money but when we made preliminary agreements within the criminal case.
When companies find that they have been investigated and statements are not finalized, they go to Dian and correct them.
If a lawsuit is brought against an official, he/she He is on trial because it is clear that he consulted and participated in this operation.. There are cases being tried here from years ago, 10-12 years ago, a gentleman(er) has been doing this for over 30 years.
Really They are large and strong structuresThey were tried in Bogotá, there are already convictions and people charged, and we have other investigations in the cities that we cannot share with you for now.
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Reached approx. 1.7 billion pesos fake invoicethey also use it to reduce the taxable income base because They include this as a cost and reduce profitThey pay less rent.
There are currently 2-3 saleswomen, with at least 5-6 more being investigated. AND There are over 112 companies purchasing fake VAT to capture the VAT actually produced. Roughly 112 of the top shoppers are registered.
Yes, there are many well-known companies in the sector, but as I said, they are still in the investigation phase and we could not say these. There are some devoted to iron and aluminum. The point is that the money really goes to those who bought it, because the front is a company that has nothing. From the actual company allocating the VATSince he collects the VAT paid by the consumer, he extorts it and receives a fake invoice to avoid delivery.
The first is that it is an allowance, because as a trader I have a public duty to collect VAT. The state gives me the authority to give it, not to keep it. We’re talking about tax evasion here, but what we actually charge is illegal enrichment of individualsSince the crime type of fraud is secondary, it is applied unless there is a crime that requires a greater penalty, but there are other factors that make it inapplicable in practice. Demands Dian conduct the reviewIt ends with the official liquidation decision and the objection for re-evaluation is decided.
In this order We were sitting in the prosecutor’s office waiting for Dian to do the examination.Because Dian is a new norm, it has not yet carried out larger audit processes or reached formal consensus. We’ll wait here for Dian to report thisand since this is a secondary crime, we can calmly turn to illegal enrichment, and both the bail and information judges accepted this position of the Prosecutor’s Office.
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In general, a prosecutor established the entire system, the modus openi, and influenced the main structure. alias Bossand from there the investigations were divided into 112 companies.
Carlos López
Justice Editorial
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carben@eltiempo.com
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