To an important ally of the Independent Public Revenue Authority (AADE) The digital application “Appodixi” is evolving in the fight against tax evasion. Through the application that allows citizens to control the legitimacy of evidence who receive in their transactions, and in the event of non -transmission or deviation to the data, they can send them to the tax authority, anonymous or surname, for further audit.
Since September 2022, when this possibility has been activated, a total of 208,534 reports have been submitted through the application. Specifically, 112,855 branded complaints and 95,679 anonymous concerned “problematic” evidence, according to Ertnews.
The superiority of the branded reports is attributed to the incentive of the cash reward, which reaches up to EUR 3,000, provided that the checks confirm the infringement and impose the fines provided.
‘Rain’ of complaints
The special complaint platform that has been operating (since October 2023) is also aware of the presses in the AADE electronic environment, as it receives thousands of reports of small and large tax evasion cases, which in many cases have been the “guide” to their delineation from the tax control mechanism.
So far, 58,907 complaints have been filed, of which 51,252 for tax violations, 753 for customs offenses (mainly smuggling), while in 6,902 cases citizens have reported cases of corruption. The fact that 7,374 (about 14%) of these reports are branded, on the one hand increases their degree of credibility on the other, shows that citizens no longer hesitate to report cases of offenses that damage the state funds and ultimately burden taxpayers themselves.
Evaluation committee
Indeed, by a recent decision by the Governor of AADE, George Pitsilis, he is set up at the Center for the Audit of the Grand Taxpayers (KEMEF) a three -member committee for the evaluation of information bulletins, with the aim of furthering them.
The task of the committee is to check the complaints and prioritize them, depending on their gravity. Anonymous and branded complaints of tax evasion made by citizens exclusively on the electronic platform of the Independent Public Revenue Authority (AADE) will be “sifted” by the tax authorities’ auditors, with the aim of detecting hidden incomes, illegal money. The control of the complaints will be followed by their prioritization, depending on their gravity.
Each complaint will be “filtered” and will be scored and then those who receive high ratings will be directly under checking, and they will be lowered to those with a low score.
It is worth noting that the complaints and information arriving at the HRAD, whether anonymous or surname, are channeled through an automated system to the competent services, depending on their content. Subsequently, each case is rated on the basis of specific risk analysis criteria. For those who rank high, it sounds … alarm. That is, it begins immediately control.
The “grading” and the rigorous priority of cases allow AADE to focus on the greatest risk, accelerating the effectiveness of controls and preventing significant losses for the State.
In each audit service there is a special committee that evaluates and scores complaints on a specific scale:
-0: Case with no interest -It is put into the file.
-1: Information of little interest.
-2: Significant information that requires further investigation.
-3: Very interesting and extremely important information, transmitted immediately for control.
-4: excellent information that requires immediate and rapid intervention.