Business News Americas: Tax authority to fine Shell, Harvest and Eni this week – Venezuela
Posted 1 June 2005
(BNamericas.com) – Venezuela’s tax office Seniat will notify Anglo-Dutch company Shell, US company Harvest Vinccler and Italy’s Eni this week of fines corresponding to unpaid taxes from their operating agreements with state oil firm PDVSA, newspaper El Universal reported.
These are the first three companies to be fined by Seniat as part of its ongoing investigation into alleged tax evasion by 22 companies involved in 32 operating agreements with PDVSA, the paper reported.