INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST TWO PERSONS FOR TAX EVASION

The Prosecutor's Office of BiH issued an indictment against two persons charging them with the criminal offense of Tax Evasion in violation of Article 210 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Prosecutor of Department III within the Prosecutor's Office of BiH issued an indictment against the following persons:

-        Toni Ivanković aka "Nono", born on December 25, 1974 in Široki Brijeg where he resides, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia, and

-        Josip Kraljević, born on June 19, 1988 in Mostar, residing in Široki Brijeg, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia.

The accused Josip Kraljević is charged to have, while acting as a director of the company "Vili Commerce" d.o.o. Široki Brijeg during the period from September 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009, failed to record sales and to indicate the actual turnover as well as to report it to accounting and calculate the actual turnover which is contrary to the applicable legal provisions on Value Added Tax; the accused Toni Ivankovic is charged with signing and filing VAT reports which did not indicate the corresponding amount of indirect taxes hence he indicated less and paid less VAT during this period, thus causing damages to the BiH budget in the amount of BAM 27.556.00.

According to the indictment, Toni Ivanković has, while working as a director of the company "Vili Commerce" d.o.o. Široki Brijeg during the period from April 1,  2009 to September 30, 2010 in, failed to record sales and to indicate the actual turnover as well as to report it to accounting and calculate the actual turnover which is contrary to the applicable legal provisions on Value Added Tax, hence he indicated less and paid less VAT causing damages to the BiH budget in the amount BAM 43.863.00.

In this manner the accused Ivanković and Kraljević caused damages to BiH budget in the total amount of BAM 71.419.00.

The  accused Josip Kraljević is charged with evading payment of duties prescribed by the legislation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by giving false information about his taxable income where the amount of tax evaded exceeds BAM 10.000.00; the accused Toni Ivankovic, intentionally aided in commission of the criminal offense, and evaded payments required under the legislation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by providing false information on his taxable income where the amount of tax evaded exceeds BAM 10.000.00.

Josip Kraljević is charged with having committed the criminal offense of Tax Evasion under Article 210, Paragraph 1 of the CC BiH; Toni Ivankovic is charged with having committed  the criminal offense of Tax Evasion under Article 210, Paragraph 1 of the CC BiH, in conjunction with Article 31 of the CC BiH as applicable under Article 53 of the CC BiH.

The indictment was forwarded to the Court of BiH for confirmation.