- The State Taxation Administration’s Putian Tax Bureau Investigation Bureau, in collaboration with the public security economic investigation department, uncovered a case involving five agricultural cooperatives fraudulently obtaining agricultural tax benefits and issuing false VAT invoices. The criminal group, led by Chen Junren, falsely registered and controlled these cooperatives without actual business operations, issuing 32,900 false VAT invoices worth 30.58 billion yuan. In November 2024, the tax bureau classified these invoices as false. In April 2025, the Xianyou County People’s Court sentenced eight individuals, including Chen, to prison terms ranging from 9 months to 10 years and 3 months, with fines totaling 925,000 yuan and confiscation of illegal gains amounting to 3.4332 million yuan. The tax bureau emphasized the seriousness of such violations and its commitment to enforcing tax laws and maintaining a fair tax environment.
Source: chinatax.gov.cn
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