In Italy, the Russian was accused of evading taxes for €11 million
According to the investigation, the Russian woman has been living in Italy since 2018, but did not declare all her income in the country, including those she received outside the state
In Italy, the Russian was accused of evading taxes for €11 million Savona's Financial Guard has completed a tax audit of a woman living in the town of Alassio in the Liguria region, the department said in a statement published by Opinione.
The investigation began with an investigation into luxury property transactions in western Liguria. The attention of law enforcement agencies attracted the purchase of a luxury penthouse in Alassio worth more than €2 million.
In 2018, the woman also purchased six apartments in Liguria. The total value of the purchased property was about €5 million.
According to the investigation, the Russian woman had been living in Italy since 2018 and had to declare all her income in the country, including those received abroad. This conclusion was reached by employees of the Financial Guard after studying bank accounts, utility costs and other circumstances of the woman’s residence.
Investigators also examined her investment portfolio in Russia worth €50 million, or more than RUB 4 billion at current rates.
According to the ministry, from 2019 to 2024, the woman received income worth about €7 million from financial investments, rent and other sources, but did not declare them in Italy. In addition, the Financial Guard revealed the alleged non-payment of tax on foreign real estate worth more than €4 million. The agency also reported undeclared foreign financial assets.
After the suspension of the main provisions of the agreement on the avoidance of double taxation between Italy and Russia, the woman was unable to take advantage of tax benefits or offset taxes that could be paid abroad. The Italian tax service has already started the procedure for collecting the alleged debt.
Materials against the Russian woman were transferred to the prosecutor’s office under the article on non-submission of mandatory tax returns, the publication notes.
In June, Cyprus extradited Russia accused of tax evasion in the amount of 2.6 billion rubles, reported the official representative of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk. From 2015 to 2019, the attacker was the head of two commercial enterprises. According to the investigation, he submitted to the tax authorities declarations with false information about contracts with controlled legal entities.
In September last year, British Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy head of the Labour Party Angela Rayner resigned from both posts after her admission in an interview with Sky News about underpayment of taxes when buying a new home in the British city of Hove.
