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Tax Agency Files New Criminal Case Accusing AFA of Fake Invoices and Undocumented Payouts Exceeding 375 Million Pesos

Courtroom standing positions ARCA to drive an inquiry built on bank-traced checks plus 15 flagged suppliers.

Overview

  • ARCA submitted a fresh criminal complaint alleging AFA used apocryphal invoices and undocumented payments totaling roughly 375–376 million pesos across 2023–2025.
  • The filing identifies 15 providers under scrutiny, split between firms with no economic substance and companies showing stark gaps between invoicing and bank credits, including ID Constructora SRL.
  • Inspectors conducted site visits, domicile checks and bank tracing, with lenders reporting AFA-issued checks used for purchases such as cattle, meat and construction materials.
  • Administratively, ARCA issued income tax and VAT adjustments that AFA rejected, triggering a determinative-oficio process as the case proceeds in the Penal Económico court.
  • Judge Diego Amarante has already accepted ARCA as a complainant in a related tax case, and the new probe advances alongside ongoing IGJ reviews of AFA’s balances, with amounts described as preliminary and subject to expansion.