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09/05/2013
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Taxpayers who received money from companies suspected of financial pyramids have fanned the scent of the Lion in Natal ( RN ) , the IRS spends a comb in the statements of about 200 people who profited from these deals . In at least three cases, inspectors have found that " significant amounts " were not reported to tax authorities.
" There was evidence that some people working on this concept had not stated correctly ," said the delegate Marcos Flores , of the Regional Federal Revenue in Natal , iG .
Currently , there are three companies with activities blocked by the courts , accused of being financial pyramids : Telexfree , BBom and Priples . Together, they drew about 1.5 million people with the promise of profit on the resale of products .
28 Other businesses , however , are investigated by prosecutors and prosecutors. One is Multiclick , who has resorted to court to try to stop a similar lock unsuccessfully .
Representatives BBom and Telexfree deny irregularities and claim that their businesses are multilevel marketing - retail model legal marketers who are paid by self-employed sales people attracted to the other network. The representanes of Priples and Multiclick not been located late on Wednesday ( 4 ) .
other States
The headquarters of the IRS in Brasilia did not say whether the same strategy adopted in Natal is being applied to other units in the country by tax authorities argued that " the public does not detail the procedures developed in the course of fiscal actions that are in progress , even if no individualized supervised . "
In Vitória ( ES ) , however, the police are " investigating companies suspected of financial pyramid in this state and the people involved in these procedures ," said an official . The Telexfree is headquartered in the capital of Espírito Santo.
In Acre , where a representative of Telexfree estimated that about 10 % of the population has joined the business, delegated surrogate Revenue from Rio Branco , Tatiana Roques , says there is " nothing specific " on companies suspected pyramids.
" But if any value that falls within the fiscal interest , we will look for sure," he says.
The interest tax depends on the amount received by the taxpayer and undeclared .
Luxury draws attention
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In BBom , the ability to obtain luxury cars is used as decoy associated
According to Manoel Delfim , head of supervision of Revenue in Natal , the 200 cases under investigation are taxpayers who received an average $ 60,000 in 2012 from companies suspected pyramid - some, several of them simultaneously .
" There are people for whom the situation of some companies report having paid U.S. $ 1.5 million , U.S. $ 2 million . And who has received £ 20,000 , "says tax .
The luxurious style and rich-quick - used as decoys by the investigated companies - helped attract the attention of Revenue auditors .
" ' I bought a camaro , bought a BMW ' ... this obviously caught my attention. We can not work with only the data that taxpayers pay to the IRS , "says Dauphin .
So far, no formal supervision was instituted. While this does not occur , taxpayers who tried to circumvent the Lion can 'll hit the accounts without incurring a fine. Then , the minimum penalty is 55 % of the amount due .
cash book
One of the practices identified among these taxpayers to reduce tax paid , according to Dauphin , was the use of deducting expenses in carrying cash book . This mechanism is commonly used by professionals - as a dentist, for example - and allows the reduction of spending on room rental or purchase of materials , for example.
" For the knowledge I have , I can not [ be used by those who received the investigated companies ] ," says the auditor .
Sought, Telexfree reported to be normal for companies to be audited by the IRS , which is collaborating with the requests of tax Victory . The BBom reported that collects all taxes .
Source : IG
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