Financial Police alleges tax fraud of 7,211,359 denars
Financial Police accuses a company owner and his firm of tax fraud tied to fuel sales, alleging a 7,211,359-denar loss to the budget.
The Financial Police has filed a criminal complaint with the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office Skopje against a natural person — the owner and manager of a company — and against the company itself, on suspicion of the crimes "Tax evasion" and "Falsifying or destroying business books".
According to the complaint, investigators say that in 2021 the suspect used fictitious bookkeeping entries to appropriate funds from sales of oil and oil derivatives totaling more than 7,000,000 denars, and in doing so avoided paying taxes.
How the scheme was recorded
The probe found that false entries were used to reduce recorded inventories and revenues and to lower declared VAT liabilities, while inflating the recorded cost of goods sold. As a result, the state went without payments of value added tax, personal income tax and profit tax amounting to several million denars.
In a separate allegation from 2024, the Financial Police say the same suspect appropriated inventory valued at 12.6 million denars without recording it as a shortage, again escaping related tax obligations.
Overall, the Financial Police calculate the damage to the state budget at 7,211,359 denars. The case has been forwarded to the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office Skopje for further action.
Photo: press material from the event
