Chilean authorities have arrested 55 alleged tax fraudsters involving more than 100 fake companies, according to Reuters on December 15**. Chile's finance minister, Mario Marcel, said on Friday that it was the largest tax fraud in the country's history.
The Chilean National Tax Service filed a lawsuit against nearly 100,000 fake invoices issued between 2016 and 2022, with a total amount of about 2$7.6 billion.
Marcelo Freihofer, deputy head of the agency's legal department, told reporters on Friday: "Since 2016, a series of very unusual frauds in the tax sector have begun to be detected in a number of related firms. ”
He added: "The sole purpose of this procedure is fundamentally to defraud the Treasury by issuing false invoices." Some taxpayers use fake invoices to underpay taxes. ”
These companies have no commercial activities and are registered throughout the country in areas such as construction, services and imports.
Gabriel Boric Fonte made tax reform a campaign promise aimed at increasing social spending with a new tax reform package, but his initial proposal was shelved by lawmakers in March this year.
*: CCTV news client, reference news network.