Agents charged for aiding tax evasion : The Standard

Three tax agents have been charged in a Mombasa court for aiding two companies to fraudulently reduce their value-added tax (VAT).

The tax agents from Ogot and Associates, together with directors of Gaab Transporters Limited and Samumu Construction Services were charged with several counts in two separate cases before Mombasa Senior Resident Magistrate Christine Ogweno.
The total amount of tax evaded by both companies amounts to Sh2,146,580.
In one of the cases, the accused persons, Mohamed Moalin Mohamed, a director of Gaab Transporters Limited as well as Wilson Ogot Owera, David Osore Wesonga and Rolland Anakaya Chiriswa, tax agents to the company, were jointly charged for knowingly making an incorrect statement to the Commissioner for Domestic Taxes in the company’s Value Added Tax (VAT) returns.
The months in question are March, April, May and June 2016 thereby reducing the company VAT liability for the months by Sh1, 593,908.
In the second case, Sammy Kamuio, a director of Samumu Construction Services Limited together with tax agents Wilson Ogot Owera, David Osore Wesonga and Rolland Anakaya Chiriswa, were charged with making an incorrect statement to the Commissioner for Domestic Taxes in the company VAT returns for the month of April 2016 , thereby reducing the company’s VAT liability for the month by Sh552,672.
The total amount of tax evaded by both companies amounts to Sh2,146,580.

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All the accused pleaded not guilty in both cases and were released on a bond of Sh200,000 with an alternative cash bail of Sh100,000. The two cases will be heard on October 17

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