Investigators Submit Rp394 Million Tax Evaluation Suspect Files To The Riau Prosecutor's Office

Riau Prosecutor's Office and Riau DGT during the press release of the submission of the tax evader suspect. (ANTARA/Annisa Firdausi)

PeKANBARU - The Riau Regional Police Special Criminal Investigation Team (PPNS) of the Regional Office of the Directorate General of Taxes and the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation of the Riau Regional Police handed over the suspect in the tax administration with the initials IAR and evidence to the Riau High Prosecutor's Office.

"We received the suspect IAR after we declared the case file complete last Thursday," explained the Head of the Special Criminal Prosecution Section of the Riau Prosecutor's Office, Rudi Heryanto, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, December 8.

The suspect IAR as the President Director of PT TNB is suspected of misappropriating tax invoices and collecting value added tax taxes. It was not deposited into the state so it cost the state more than Rp394 million.

Furthermore, he said, the suspect IAR would be detained for the next 20 days at the Sialang Bungkung Pekanbaru Detention Center before being finally submitted to the Pelalawan District Court for trial.

The actions of the suspect IAR are suspected of violating Article 39 paragraph (1) letter i of Law Number 28 of 2007 concerning General Provisions and Tax Procedures as amended several times recently by Law Number 6 of 2023 concerning Taxation.

"The suspect is threatened with imprisonment for a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 6 years and a fine of at least 2 times the amount of tax owed," he continued.

Meanwhile, the Head of Counseling, Services and Public Relations Division of the Riau DGT Regional Office, Bambang Setiawan, said that the suspect IAR as the President Director of PT TNB in the period January - December 2019 intentionally did not deposit a value added tax (VAT) that had been deducted or collected.

PT TNB itself is engaged in the procurement of power supply contractors. For this action, state losses reached Rp394 million.

"Law enforcement against taxpayers who have violated tax provisions will continue to be carried out as an effort to provide a deterrent effect, both to the taxpayer concerned and to other taxpayers," he said.

The suspect IAR admitted that he worked alone and that the unpaid tax money was used for the company's operations. Previously, the Riau DGT Regional Office had asked the person concerned to immediately deposit or return the embezzled tax money.

"The suspect had returned Rp40 million in tax money, but the remaining Rp394 million has not yet been paid," he concluded.