Comparison of perpatrator concept in document fraud crimes and tax evasion crime

The crime of tax evasion is regulated in Article 359 of the Tax Procedure Law No. 213. It is possible to commit the crime of tax evasion by issuing or using forged documents. The crimes of forgery of documents are regulated as "Forgery of official documents" in article 204 of the Turkish Penal Code No. 5237 and "crime of forgery in private documents" in article 207. The crime of tax evasion committed by issuing or using fake documents, the crime of forgery of official documents and the crimes of forgery of private documents come together on a common denominator due to the fact that forgery is committed. In this direction, it becomes possible to compare the aforementioned crimes with each other. In our study, the crime of forgery of official documents, the crime of forgery of private documents and tax evasion crimes committed by issuing or using fake documents were examined by separating them into elements. Although the perpetrator is one of the elements of the crime, the focus of our study is the analysis of the perpetrators of these crimes.