VIDEO: Iranians Brought and Sold Fuel Without Documents

A mechanism has been uncovered through which major fuel importers attempted to hide taxable objects and supply fuel without the necessary documents.

The State Revenue Committee's (SRC) information and public relations department reports that entities importing gasoline and diesel fuel into the Republic of Armenia were under the scrutiny of the committee's investigative and operational intelligence department. As a result of preparatory and verification work conducted on these entities, operational data was obtained indicating that certain organizations conducting large imports of gasoline and diesel fuel from the Islamic Republic of Iran were deliberately attempting to evade taxes by developing mechanisms in advance.

Several drivers of Iranian trucks, amassing diesel fuel in their tanks far exceeding the amounts designated for transportation, have been selling it without the necessary documents to gasoline and diesel refueling stations in the Syunik region based on pre-arranged agreements. These refueling stations, in turn, accumulating the relevant batches, sold them without the appropriate documentation to major companies engaged in fuel imports in Armenia.

According to operational data, some of the major importing companies resold the fuel imported from the Islamic Republic of Iran within the territory of Armenia without the necessary documentation, but documented it as having been transported and sold to organizations operating in the Republic of Artsakh.

As a result of comprehensive operational-intelligence measures undertaken, violations regarding fuel supply and transportation without the necessary documents have already been recorded for several economic operators involved in fuel imports and resale. Appropriate liability measures will be applied to them.

The SRC's investigative and operational intelligence department urges the organizations conducting gasoline and diesel fuel imports to fully declare taxable objects and tax bases, as well as to retain the initial accounting documents that serve as a basis for their calculation and maintain tax discipline.