Authorities find millions of rubels in cash during audits in H1

July 26, BPN. Inspectors carried out over 500 tax audits in the first six months of the year and found 33.1 million rubels (over $13 million) in cash hidden from taxation by economic entities, the Belarusian tax ministry has said.

Undeclared cash proceeds are one of the main sources of off-the-books salary payments, it said.

Tax evasion is a serious charge in Belarus and has been used as a pretext to arrest and prosecute independent journalists and activists who have been critical of Alaksandar Łukašenka’s regime.