The provocative tax evasion party continues – a “bell” in a company with… a hacked cashier network

The exposure of smaller or larger tax evasion centers has taken the form of an avalanche, which means on the one hand that…the party continues and on the other hand that the audit bodies have had their “teeth” extracted.

As revealed com.iefimeridain this period they are either setting up or already “running” intersections in new domains and databases, with the aim of highlighting income that has hitherto been moving in… the dim light of the economy.

“Hot” money that is “laundered” through buying and selling real estate or participating in capital raises, luxury living expenses that do not “click” with declared income, and undeclared trading volume that has so far been “lost” on demand or short selling platforms -Long-term leases are now more easily defined and the “bells” are falling “rain”.

The only thing that is certain is that two new cases of carbine-type tax evasion, which have opened loopholes in the hounds of the AADE, show that complete digitization of tax data and procedures is the only way to close the “loopholes.”

Two shocking new tax evasion cases

in First caseInspectors discovered … seabass through the “sieve” of clothing stores containing goods of Chinese origin. After all, who can forget the raids carried out by AADE and SDOE ranks on warehouses and shops in the wider Psiri area, where the so-called Chinatown was created.

This time, the verifications were not done through an autopsy, but through multiple crossings, not only in Athens but also in the region. It didn’t take long for the “bell” to ring. AADE’s Audit Services found that a company operating Agrinio, for the tax years 2017, 2018 and 2019, received tax statements for fictitious transactions – namely “monkey” invoices with a total value of €685,341.90 plus VAT of €164,482.03.

The first step was to drop a “bell” of €82,241.02 and continues for interconnected companies, as the “trail” of virtual invoices issued usually leads to other interested parties.

the The second case It justifies those who claim that the delay is due to technical reasons in the interconnection between points of sale and cash registers, as well as the cancellation of thousands of computer-operated tax mechanisms that consequently lead to minor or major tax evasion.

After conducting targeted audits of data processing, at companies that trade and manage IT software for tax purposes, audit services identified a company in Attica, which provided nine companies with software for tax mechanisms. Where is the error? Through these programs, companies “triggered” their cash registers and typically “trimmed” their turnover. The company in question was fined a whopping €1,200,000, but monitoring also extended to the program’s beneficiaries.

Point of sale interface

According to the plan of the Ministry of Finance and the agency, the interconnection of points of sale with cash registers will be completed during the first quarter of 2024, while the relevant Deputy Minister N. explained. Papathanasis said that the postponement of a few months (the original plan was envisaged in the summer of 2023) did not jeopardize the financing of the measure from the Recovery Fund.

Before we get to the interface, AADE wants to have a “clear” view on who has a POS and that is why a private registry actually “works”. What should those directly involved know?

Who must report active POS on a ten-day basis?

Active POS should be announced to businesses, through the API, every ten days:

• By payment service providers (ACQuirers) who clear transactions paid using payment cards and

• By payment providers (NSPs) who provide, install and manage point-of-sale terminals.

Do companies have to advertise their active points of sale?

Businesses using POS (users of payment services) must submit a declaration of payment methods for all methods available to them, exclusively and only if:

• Either the service providers did not announce any of the payment methods or did not update the details of any of the payment methods.

• Whether users of payment services consider the information announced by service providers to be inaccurate.

At the time of authorization by users of the payment service, if they are obligated to do the following:

• From the eleventh to the last day of each month for changes from the previous month.

When is data transferred from payment service providers (ACQuirers), payment instrument providers (NSPs) and companies (payment service users)?

Data is transferred by payment service providers (ACQuirers) and payment method providers (NSPs):

1. Until the 15th of each month with a reference period from the 1st to the 10th of the same month.
2. Until the 25th of each month with a reference period from the 11th to the 20th of the same month.
3. Until the fifth day of the following month, with a reference time period from the twenty-first to the last day of the previous month.

In fact, after the first phase of POS inventory is completed, from September 29 onwards, only POS that were active until September 10 will be visible in the business details, while POS that were operated between September 11 and September 30 will show the number 30 after October 5. , after the service providers announce it by then.