DGI lists third case of tax evasion over $300,000

The Tax Evasion and Fraud section of the General Directorate of Revenue (DGI), filed with the Public Ministry, is the third formal complaint for the alleged crime of tax fraud.

The criminal complaint is filed against a legal entity that incurred tax fraud, in excess of $300,000, which attributes the category of crime in accordance with the provisions of the Tax Procedure Code, Maruquel Donado, head of the Tax Evasion and Fraud section of the DGI told La Estrella.

To date, the State has been defrauded by more than the sum described, therefore, it will be the responsibility of the Public Ministry to sanction according to what is typified in the Penal Code, said the DGI.

“We hope that the crime of tax fraud, to the detriment of the Panamanian State, will be investigated and an exemplary sanction will be applied against the legal person denounced,” Donado stressed.