The Prosecutor's Office of the North Kazakhstan Region has uncovered instances of improper compliance with tax legislation by private bailiffs (PB).
According to the department's press service, a number of PBs understated their income as declared in their 2023 individual income tax returns. In total, 25 bailiffs were identified in the region who had concealed income totalling 133.5 million tenge, leading to non-payment of taxes amounting to 13.2 million tenge.
Furthermore, prosecutors uncovered a case where a nil return was submitted despite the existence of income. For instance, one bailiff, who executed 459 documents totalling 20.8 million tenge and received 4.5 million tenge, submitted a declaration stating no income, thereby evading tax payments of 449,000 tenge.
Following the implementation of prosecutorial oversight measures, the tax authority conducted a desk audit. As a result, 11 PBs submitted amended declarations totalling 27.4 million tenge and voluntarily paid tax amounting to 2.6 million tenge.
The relevant authorities are currently taking steps to recover the remaining tax debt.
It may be recalled that in May last year, prosecutors in Taraz uncovered the embezzlement of funds by a private bailiff. He transferred 3.1 million tenge collected from 46 debtors into his own account.
In September, following a prosecution order, 50 PBs were held disciplinarily accountable, and proceedings were initiated to expel one from the chamber of bailiffs. As a result of the measures taken, over 75 million tenge was recovered from debtors.
In early November, the Prosecutor General's Office reported on the embezzlement of child maintenance by a private bailiff (PB), who for six months received maintenance payments from debtors and spent them on personal needs. Consequently, 34 children suffered losses totalling 1.2 million tenge.
Around the same time, prosecutors in Almaty uncovered violations by PBs in six enforcement proceedings related to the recovery of child maintenance.
In May, in the Mangystau Region, a bailiff falsified a claimant's application and unlawfully lifted a prohibition, for which he received a monetary reward from the debtor.