
The General Tax Directorate This Friday he filed a criminal complaint against the Argentine Football Association (AFA), led by Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, for embezzlement of taxes and social funds more than 7 billion pesos.
This was stated in a report by the head of the criminal department of the ARCA’s “Control of Large Taxpayers” section, Vanina Vidal, which was submitted by the DGI of the Economic Crimes Court and was based on the reports They discovered irregularities in August and September last year.
Furthermore, the report – to which Clarín had access – noted the absence of contributions December 2024 forecasts.
The complaint was filed with the Economic Criminal Guarantees Court 5, which has jurisdiction over the relevant authority Judge Diego Amarantefrom DGI directed by Andrés Vázquez.
In the complaint, the government agency emphasized this the AFA “was aware of its status as a withholding tax agent of taxes and social funds (after actually making such withholdings) and was able to meet these obligations.”
And in determining the authorship of those responsible for the specific crimes provided for in criminal tax law appoints Claudio Fabián Tapia, “el Chiqui”, as responsible director of the company. A prominent paragraph of the same text indicates that the AFA did not previously record records in the DGI control system.
In its demand for justice, the DGI demanded that action be taken against “the authors, co-authors, accomplices, concealers or instigators of the events” which it is requesting to be investigated for “owning”. withheld taxes and social security contributions and have not deposited it after the expiration period of thirty (30) calendar days.”
By presenting itself as aggrieved by this measure, the General Directorate of Taxes warned against the commission of the crimes provided for and suppressed in Articles 4 and 7 paragraph 2 of the Penal Tax Law Law 27,430.
And he quantified that the state would not be able to receive a total amount due to the withholding of taxes between August and September this year and pension contributions from December 2024 to September last year 7,593,903,512.23 pesos.