GDF and MP create group to combat tax fraud.
Signed by Governor Rodrigo Rollemberg, the integrated action and technical-operational cooperation agreement between the executive branch and the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Federal District and Territories establishes the Group for Combating and Repressing Tax Fraud, which will be formed by representatives from five bodies — the Attorney General's Office of the Federal District, the Finance Secretariat, the Civil Police, the Comptroller General's Office of the Federal District, and the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Federal District and Territories; according to the Attorney General's Office, of the R$ 17 billion in debt to the Federal District, approximately R$ 15 billion is owed by large debtors.
Brasilia 247 - The governor of the Federal District, Rodrigo Rollemberg, signed, this Thursday (30), a term of integrated action and technical-operational cooperation between the executive and the Public Ministry of the Federal District and Territories, for joint action in combating and suppressing tax fraud and recovering the financial assets of the DF. According to the Attorney General's Office, of the R$ 17 billion debt with the DF, approximately R$ 15 billion are from large debtors.
The partnership establishes the Group for Combating and Repressing Tax Fraud, which will include the participation of representatives from five agencies — the Attorney General's Office of the Federal District, the Finance Secretariat, the Civil Police, the Comptroller General's Office of the Federal District, and the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Federal District and Territories.
The creation of the group will favor joint and coordinated action in the recovery of tax credits and in combating and suppressing crimes against the tax order and related frauds. It will allow the exchange and sharing of data and strategies for more integrated and effective action. "This partnership can contribute to us having a much larger volume of resources to serve the population of the Federal District where they need it most," Rollemberg highlighted.
According to the Attorney General of the Federal District and Territories, Leonardo Bessa; "the current moment is one of scarcity, of crisis, not only in the Federal District, but throughout Brazil, and this gives a different dimension to the recovery of these debts."
The Secretary of Finance, João Antônio Fleury, emphasized that the fragmented actions that had been taken until then sometimes led to the statute of limitations expiring on fraudulent claims. According to him, similar initiatives already exist in other states of the Federation.
In addition to Rollemberg, Bessa, and Freury, the document was also signed by the Attorney General of the Federal District, Paola Aires Corrêa Lima; the Deputy Comptroller General of the Federal District, Marcos Tadeu de Andrade; and the Deputy Director-General of the Civil Police, Cícero Jairo de Vasconcelos Monteiro.
Strategic information will be used to detect fraud from the outset.
The chief prosecutor of the Tax Attorney's Office of the PGDF (Attorney General's Office of the Federal District), Luciana Marques, explained that, in the case of large debtors—the focus of the group's work—filing a tax enforcement action or an administrative collection is ineffective and insufficient. "The techniques they use to conceal assets, to mask who the true partners responsible for the companies are, end up hindering or even preventing the recovery of this credit," she emphasized.
"The idea is that each of these constituent bodies has strategic information from specific sectors within their areas of expertise that can allow these frauds to be detected from the outset," Luciana added.
In addition to data sharing, the group intends to propose the adoption of technical, legal, and administrative measures to improve mechanisms for recovering assets resulting from criminal, tax, and administrative offenses. Meetings will be held every three months or whenever necessary.
*With advice