In her… cross AADE Businesses and professionals who received great returns this year will be found tax Income and VAT, according to ertnews.
Virtual tax refunds of 13.4m euros, recently revealed by the Authority for “Black Money Right”, have mobilized the tax authority’s audit mechanism, which will investigate the correctness of the refund of the amounts in order to detect its illegals.
After the first automatic control done in cases where taxes are refunded, intersections will begin based on specific criteria. Where tax evasion is found, taxpayers (natural and legal persons) will be asked to explain and then return the amounts paid.
The intersections will focus on taxpayers who received disproportionately high tax refunds, in relation to their income or turnover but also in cases of suspicious modifications.
It is recalled that income tax refunds are now immediate.
Taxpayers who do not have tax or insurance debts or information freezing are sent immediately to the Bank of Greece for immediate return on a weekly basis.
In taxpayers who do not have insurance debts or information freezing and have tax debts, they are offset. Credits that cannot be carried out centrally are handled by the Tax Offices, which means there will be a slight delay.
Income tax refunds are also offset by ENFIA’s clearances in the case of taxpayers.
According to provisional budget execution data yesterday, revenue returns amounted to € 5 billion in the seven months of the year (January-July) and incorporating the VAT refund of EUR 784.8 million from the new Attica concession contract. Excluding this amount, tax refunds amounted to EUR 4,260 billion and increased by EUR 252 million against the target included in the 2025 budget report.
In terms of VAT refunds, they will be targeted at businesses with … hypotension tax past.
Unusual deviations between the declared and the requested amounts, mismatches between turnover and refunds, as well as repetitive requests for exorbitant amounts, will be the criteria of checks.
The target will also be newly established and seasonal businesses who have been exploiting the quarterly VAT declarations (the regime changed since July 1). The “route” specific: setting up the business, collection of VAT and disappearance when it was time for statements and tax return.
The digital “arsenal” of auditors is increasingly reinforced by: electronic pricing, electronic shipping note, controller, POS-Tame Machine Interconnection, Bancapp System and Digital Customer. Especially for this year, AADE is planning 4,200 VAT refund checks.