The Nationwide Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) just lately performed a home search within the mayor’s workplace in Szerencs, the Magyar Nemzet realized. The paper realized that the tax authority is investigating a enterprise contract value a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands of forints concluded by the municipality.
Obscure public procurement
Just a few days in the past, the tax authority visited the mayor’s workplace in Szerencs, Magyar Nemzet realized. Based on their info, NAV ordered an investigation into the native authorities on account of a imprecise public procurement process, on suspicion of price range fraud, primarily based on a grievance from a non-public particular person, as a part of which a home search was performed on the workplace.
In reference to the case, the Magyar Nemzet despatched inquiries to the investigative authority, and obtained the reply from them that “given the pursuits of the continuing felony proceedings, we aren’t able to reply your questions”. THE NAV subsequently, he didn’t deny the actual fact of the process, however didn’t present additional particulars.
Air con contract
As they realized, the threads of the case return to the summer time of 2023, when the Municipality of Szerencs Metropolis concluded a contractor contract with a restricted firm dealing in air con know-how. Within the contract, in change for greater than 260 million forints, the corporate undertook to hold out the duties till the center of November of the identical 12 months.
The deadline for completion was modified later, besides, it was not doable to complete the work on time, the undertaking was delayed, and the work was accomplished in January 2024.
Regardless of all these
earlier than the completion of the works, a number of invoices have been issued following which paid to the contractor, giving the impression that the duties have been accomplished in full, with out defects or errors.
They threat sanctions
Based mostly on the report, whoever signed and accredited the efficiency following which paid the consideration might have dedicated crimes. As well as, the report additionally states that the native authorities thereby misplaced a high quality of HUF 65 million internet, however the doc that reached the authority additionally states that the whole quantity of the funding was secured from a young supply known as Sustainable tourism improvement, which raises additional questions. .
Within the report, additionally they indicated that EU tasks are topic to follow-up checks even years later, and the place irregularities are discovered, town dangers sanctions, which might trigger Szerencs a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands in damages.
