Brazilian tax authorities are demanding R$ 15 billion from those involved in the Lava Jato corruption scandal.
Brazil's Federal Revenue Service will collect R$ 15 billion from those involved in the Lava Jato corruption scandal. The targets include politicians, construction companies, shipyards, bribe operators, and others involved in the Petrobras corruption scheme. This amount is the sum of assessments made up to the last day of January and those that will be issued based on the frauds already discovered by the special task force appointed by the tax authorities to investigate tax crimes related to the embezzlement at the state-owned company. So far, the Revenue Service has fined those under investigation R$ 10,1 billion through 1.457 procedures; the collection of the remaining R$ 5 billion is being processed in 854 audits and investigations.
247 - Brazil's Federal Revenue Service will collect R$ 15 billion from those involved in the Lava Jato corruption scandal. The targets include politicians, construction companies, shipyards, bribe operators, and others involved in the Petrobras corruption scheme. This amount is the sum of assessments made up to the last day of January and those that will be issued based on the frauds already discovered by the special task force appointed by the tax authorities to investigate tax crimes related to the embezzlement at the state-owned company. So far, the Revenue Service has already fined those under investigation R$ 10,1 billion through 1.457 procedures. The collection of the remaining R$ 5 billion is being processed in 854 audits and investigations.
The information is from Reporting by Adriana Fernandes and Fábio Fabrini in the State of São Paulo.
"The figures will increase, as the proceedings do not take into account the analysis of crimes against the tax system identified from more recent testimonies, such as those of 77 executives and former executives of Odebrecht, recently approved by the president of the Supreme Federal Court, Minister Cármen Lúcia. The testimonies were requested by the tax authorities, but authorization for their sharing has not yet been granted."
The Brazilian tax authority fined 82 construction companies and their associated shell firms a total of R$ 4,3 billion. The penalties were applied to large companies, which account for 80% of the country's infrastructure market, as well as medium-sized companies. The list includes Odebrecht, Andrade Gutierrez, and OAS, members of the "Lava Jato" corruption scandal.