Penalty for some tax offenses may increase

Ministry of Justice adopted a draft amendment to the Penal and Fiscal Code, which proposes an increase of penalty for some tax offenses. The document is aimed to "improve the efficiency of proceedings, but also to enforce punishments," the Ministry said. It suggested, among others, to increase the lowest number of imprisonment days to 20 from 10. For certain tax crimes, imprisonment time may reach up to 7.5 years.