Mannheim (dpa/lsw) – A woman and two men have had to answer to the Mannheim district court for tax evasion of more than six million euros since Tuesday. According to the indictment, the two men, as managing directors of a group of companies in the Rhine-Neckar region, are said to have artificially billed customers for their car products as individual services.
As a result of this scam, some of the products were not taxable as items in transit, i.e. not subject to sales tax, or were tax-free. The group of companies could have offered its products, such as short-term license plates and daily registrations for motor vehicles, inexpensively on the market and increased its income. According to the public prosecutor’s office, the accused woman advised the two on tax matters. Incorrect annual sales tax returns for the years 2009 to 2014 were accepted by her with approval.
