100,000 KM to be paid into BiH Budget: Josip Šakić pleads guilty to tax evasion by agreement

Based on the plea agreement, fines of KM 25,000 were imposed, and approximately KM 100,000 in illegal property gains will be returned to the BiH budget.

 

Following the indictment for tax evasion against the accused Josip Šakić, born in 1975 in Zenica, residing in Busovača, as well as the legal entity „Paleta Plus“ d.o.o. Busovača, where the accused is the director and authorized person, the accused in this case have by agreement pleaded guilty to the criminal offense of tax evasion or fraud, it was announced by the BiH Prosecutor's Office, writes the Patria News Agency.

By pleading guilty, the accused, as well as the legal entity of which he is the director, fully admit to committing the criminal offense they are charged with, namely that during 2009 and 2011, they realized fictitious turnover, using false and forged documents, and thus achieved an illegal VAT deduction in the amount of approximately 96,886 KM, which damaged the BiH Budget.

Under the plea agreement, fines of KM 10,000 are foreseen for the accused Šakić and KM 15,000 for the accused legal entity „Paleta Plus“ d.o.o. Busovača, as well as the obligation to confiscate illegal property gains in the amount of 96,886 KM and return the funds to the BiH Budget.

A prison sentence of 1 year is also proposed for the accused Šakić, which will not be executed if he does not commit a new criminal offense in the next three years.

This case is one segment of an extensive case against multiple natural and legal persons in the fight against tax evasion.

The proposed sentence is in line with the accused's role in committing the criminal offense and the severity of the criminal offense, and a significant aspect is that the fines and confiscation of illegal property gains will return money to the BiH Budget. The indictment and the agreement have been forwarded to the Court of BiH.