Taxes collected documents and computers of the 10 largest companies. No one was arrested and few goods were seized

In Sao Paulo, the mega-operation triggered by the National Group for Combating Criminal Organizations (GNCOC) said on Tuesday (17) concentrated its efforts against illegal e-commerce companies. At 10 months of investigations, data were collected from 10 major companies that operate informally in e-commerce in the State. Inspectors from Ministry of Finance, Revenue and Police investigators visited the Civil least 12 sites where these companies would work on Tuesday to collect documents and computers.

No one was arrested and a few goods for sale were seized. With the participation of 37 tax agents, auditors and analysts of 14 IRS, 10 delegates and 30 civil police officers of the Civil Police to execute search warrants and seizure orders against 10 companies, joint action was named Operation Matrix.

"The main action is to reach the trade of virtual goods. It is an illegal trade, often smuggled goods, "said Otavio Fineis Júnior, coordinator of the Tax Administration of the Department of Finance of the State of São Paulo. It is estimated that the revenues of three months these illegal e-commerce companies corresponds to R $ 60 million, but that taxes are collected only 4% of this amount, according to the coordinator of Finance.

Were noted various irregularities committed by the e-commerce stores. "There was a clothing store that sells electronic products," said Otavio Fineis. Many of them exist only virtually and at least three sites identified as possible location of these businesses were not located by the tax revenue.

"From the physical point of view, these companies operate in homes or on attachments to these residences. But in some cases are individuals who hide in the virtual universe, the company is a record on paper. However, the financial dimension that move is high. What that trouble is just the tip of the iceberg, "said José Guilherme Antunes de Vasconcelos, oversees regional Internal Revenue Service of Brazil's fiscal eighth region.

With documents and computers seized, new businesses and individuals should be monitored and reported by the Revenue. Including sites on the Internet intermediaries will be notified, since that bill up in sales of these companies.

In this operation, the first measure against the illegal e-commerce companies was the assessment notice, charging the taxes owed. These same violation reports are a starting point for criminal actions, and eventually to the withdrawal of state license to operate.

In mergaoperação were made representations fiscal 1743, totaling R $ 2.071 billion in fraud, to be made complaints against companies evaders of.

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