{"id":527666,"date":"2026-03-23T11:42:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=527666"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:14:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:14:00","slug":"criminal-case-opened-against-management-of-major-belarusian-taxi-company-over-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/criminal-case-opened-against-management-of-major-belarusian-taxi-company-over-taxes","title":{"rendered":"Criminal Case Opened Against Management of Major Belarusian Taxi Company Over Taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>A criminal case has been opened in Belarus against the management of one of the country\u2019s largest taxi companies on charges of tax evasion, the Interior Ministry reported. The company employs more than 800 drivers.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;The director, who is also the owner of the transport company, along with his assistant, in 2024\u20132025 evaded tax payments by issuing drivers\u2019 salaries \u2018in envelopes\u2019 under the guise of compensation for the use of vehicles and expenses for \u2018business needs.\u2019 At the same time, the taxable base was reduced through fictitious increases in fuel costs,&#8221;<\/i> the ministry said, outlining the investigation\u2019s version.<\/p>\n<p>According to the authorities, four managers and the company\u2019s chief accountant assisted the suspects.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;The total amount of unpaid taxes amounted to nearly 800,000 rubles. The illicitly cashed profits were spent on purchasing real estate,&#8221;<\/i> the ministry added.<\/p>\n<p>Assets belonging to those involved have been seized. The case is being investigated under an article related to failure to fulfil the duties of a tax agent.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-527628 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/video_2026-03-23_11-38-11-frame-at-0m47s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/video_2026-03-23_11-38-11-frame-at-0m47s.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/video_2026-03-23_11-38-11-frame-at-0m47s-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/video_2026-03-23_11-38-11-frame-at-0m47s-1200x674.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/video_2026-03-23_11-38-11-frame-at-0m47s-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/video_2026-03-23_11-38-11-frame-at-0m47s-711x400.jpg 711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-527627 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/video_2026-03-23_11-38-11-frame-at-1m14s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/video_2026-03-23_11-38-11-frame-at-1m14s.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/video_2026-03-23_11-38-11-frame-at-1m14s-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/video_2026-03-23_11-38-11-frame-at-1m14s-1200x674.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/video_2026-03-23_11-38-11-frame-at-1m14s-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/video_2026-03-23_11-38-11-frame-at-1m14s-711x400.jpg 711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A criminal case has been opened in Belarus against the management of one of the country\u2019s largest taxi companies on charges of tax evasion, the Interior Ministry reported. The company employs more than 800 drivers. &#8220;The director, who is also the owner of the transport company, along with his assistant, in 2024\u20132025 evaded tax payments [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":527665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69c1045c8cfc7.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Criminal Case Opened Against Management of Major Belarusian Taxi Company Over Taxes"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143094],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-527666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-incident"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}