Indictment Filed: Dragiša Babić Damaged BiH Budget by 86,307 KM

A prosecutor from the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has filed an indictment against Babić Dragiša, born on 30 October 1966 in Gradiška, a citizen of BiH, previously convicted, reports the Patria news agency.

The accused is charged with, in December 2009, as the owner and director of „MD FURNIER“ d.o.o. Gradiška, by providing false information about his acquired taxable income, evading tax payment in the amount of 86,307.61 KM, thereby damaging the budget of BiH institutions by the said amount.

He is charged with, with the aim of avoiding tax payment, as a taxpayer, recording in the business books an invoice, specifically a long-term investment loan agreement, on which he used the right to deduct VAT, i.e., made an unjustified refund of money in the said amount, without fulfilling the necessary conditions prescribed by the Value Added Tax Law.

The accused is charged with committing the criminal offense of Tax Evasion or Fraud under Article 210, Paragraph 3, in conjunction with Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of BiH. The indictment has been forwarded for confirmation to the Court of BiH.