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        "msgid": "four-executives-go-to-prison-for-tax-fraud-1447893297",
        "date": "1996-07-10 00:00:00",
        "title": "Four executives go to prison for tax fraud",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Four executives go to prison for tax fraud JAKARTA (JP): Four executives of private companies were given nine years in prison for tax evasions which caused the state losses of more than Rp 44 billion (US$18.76 million). The four, tried separately in Central Jakarta District Court yesterday, were found guilty of establishing companies to issue fictitious value-added tax invoices, the panel of judges said.",
        "content": "<p>Four executives go to prison for tax fraud<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Four executives of private companies were given<br>\nnine years in prison for tax evasions which caused the state<br>\nlosses of more than Rp 44 billion (US$18.76 million).<\/p>\n<p>The four, tried separately in Central Jakarta District Court<br>\nyesterday, were found guilty of establishing companies to issue<br>\nfictitious value-added tax invoices, the panel of judges said.<br>\nThe judges also said that the defendants sold the fictitious<br>\nvalue-added tax invoices for between six and 30 percent of their<br>\nface value, between March 1993 and June 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Defendants Hartono, 46, and Raden Ign. Suarisman, 57, were<br>\ntried by a team of judges led by I.G.K. Sukarata, while<br>\ndefendants Baharuddin Umar, 46 and Tonny Effendy, 31, were tried<br>\nby a panel of judges presided over by Sartono.<\/p>\n<p>\"The defendants Hartono and Suarisman must pay back Rp 150<br>\nmillion and Rp 25 million respectively in addition to the Rp 15<br>\nmillion fine,\" Judge Sukarata said.<\/p>\n<p>Tonny and Baharuddin were also told by Judge Sartono to pay Rp<br>\n200 million and Rp 80 million respectively in compensation to the<br>\nstate.<\/p>\n<p>Tonny said he wanted to appeal, while the three other<br>\ndefendants said they were still considering their options.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutor M. Djaenuddin Nare had asked the court to sentence<br>\nHartono and Suarisman to 14 years each. Prosecutor R. Moekiat,<br>\nwho indicted Baharuddin and Tonny, asked the court to sentence<br>\nthe defendants for 14 years as well.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutors charged the defendants with a 1997 law on<br>\ncorruption.<\/p>\n<p>Some businessmen use fictitious tax invoices to produce tax<br>\nrebates for their companies by claiming to have carried out<br>\nexport transactions with other firms.<\/p>\n<p>Businessmen are obliged to collect 10 percent in value-added<br>\ntax when consumers make purchases, and pay this to the state.<\/p>\n<p>The exporters are entitled to claim back any tax paid to the<br>\nstate when the goods are exported. The defendants' companies are<br>\nlegal and are allowed to issue tax invoices. But the invoices<br>\nwere fake because no real transactions were made, the judges<br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>September last year the Central Jakarta District Court<br>\nsentenced a businessman to nine years in jail and fined him Rp 30<br>\nmillion for defrauding the state of Rp 15 billion in taxes. (sur)<\/p>",
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