Nowadays, many people are engaged in entrepreneurship, both legal entities and individuals. Unfortunately, along with legitimate activities, illegal business is flourishing all the time. Some deliberately break the law, others do not even think that their actions fall under the relevant article and may lead to liability. For example, many people advertise in newspapers for repair services, sewage services, transportation, and so on, although they do not have any legal rights to do so.
What is “illegal business” and what is it expressed in? Persons who have decided to engage in entrepreneurial activity without proper registration, without a license (meaning activities subject to licensing), or having expired licenses - work illegally. Some entrepreneurs pretend that they “forgot” that their license is expired, or is issued to another person. Others, having received permission for one type of activity, are engaged in completely different activities or generally go beyond territorial boundaries.
All this falls under the article “illegal business” and attracts the attention of the relevant authorities. The prosecution can be either administrative, if the violations did not bring major material damage to other persons or the state, or criminal. The second case includes entrepreneurs who illegally made profits on an especially large scale or caused substantial material damage.
So, there are signs of illegal entrepreneurship: activities without registration with the relevant authorities, without a license required for the type of activity, with an expired license, or committed violations when issuing documents. It means that the information was provided to the authorities incorrectly, or the registration was bypassed by law. There are also such entrepreneurs who begin their activities even before they receive permission.
Natural markets, private craftsmen, annoying sales agents penetrating all offices with their goods, illegal production of various products - all this falls under the category of “illegal business”. In addition, the illegal arms trade, the organization of tolerance houses, drug dealers, the sale of unlicensed products, as well as those produced without appropriate certificates, cannot be discounted in clandestine factories. In most cases, this applies to wine and vodka products, as well as consumer goods.
Russian entrepreneurship often goes beyond the law, combining fraud, consumer fraud, tax evasion, illegal use of trademarks that do not belong to him, and concealing the origin of products. All this is of considerable interest to the relevant authorities and entails serious responsibility. When such cases are identified, the authorities interrogate witnesses, participants in the trial, victims and establish certain penalties in accordance with the severity of the violation.
Almost every person had to conclude transactions in his life - whether it was selling a house, personal belongings or a land plot. But if this transaction is a one-time nature, this is one thing, but if the transactions take place on an ongoing basis and bring in regular income - this already falls under entrepreneurial activity. Many rent housing on an ongoing basis, someone is engaged in training, someone is sewing clothes or providing advice. If there is a regular receipt of income - it is better not to take risks. Having issued the relevant documents, you can safely go about your business and not be afraid of inspections of the relevant authorities. But someday the turn will reach you. Isn't it better to sleep peacefully? Good luck and success in legal activities!