2024-08-22 03:42:32
Over 52 businesses that sell online, but they don’t declare the income of them, as they do not issue the relevant invoices or receipts, identified, in the first half of 2024, the auditors of Independent Public Revenue Authoritywith targeted checks and extensive cross-checks of myDATA data and data from courier companies.
Once the AADE system – based on the data from these three sources – detects suspicious behavior, the auditors simultaneously use data from the internet and from the opening of bank accounts.
What was found?
52 of these companies had hidden taxable material of more than 18.5 million euros. For example, the most typical cases:
A limited liability company in north-eastern Attica, with the retail trade of electrical household appliances, during the years 2018-2021, did not issue 80,200 tax data, concealing taxable material of 3 million euros, plus VAT of 720,000 euros.
A joint-stock company based in the Region of Central Macedonia and whose activity is the retail trade of lighting via the internet, during the years 2019-2023, did not issue or inaccurately issued 8,000 tax data for sales outside the EU, concealing taxable material of 2.8 million euros .
A sole proprietorship in the Western Sector of Athens, with the business of operating passenger cars, during the years 2018-2021, did not issue 26,300 tax records, concealing taxable material of 2 million euros, plus VAT of 400,000 euros.
A natural person in the Regional Unit of Kavala, without starting an activity, during the years 2018 – 2021, did not issue 2,920 tax data for online sales, hiding taxable material of 274,000 euros, plus VAT of 66,000 euros.
A natural person in the Regional Unit of Thessaloniki, without starting an activity, during the years 2019 – 2021, did not issue 1,795 tax data for online sales, concealing taxable material of 95,000 euros, plus VAT of 23,000 euros.
A sole proprietorship based in the Central Sector of Athens and engaged in clothing trade, during the years 2018-2022, did not issue an unspecified amount of tax information, hiding taxable material of 2.13 million euros.
A sole proprietorship based in the Regional Unit of Thessaloniki and whose activity is the retail trade of clothing items, during the years 2018-2021, did not issue tax data, concealing taxable material of 870,000 euros and not paying VAT of 210,000 euros.
A sole proprietorship, based in the Regional Unit of Thessaloniki and engaged in the retail trade of cosmetics and beauty products by mail order or via the internet, during the years 2018-2021, did not issue 5,400 tax records, concealing taxable material worth 240,000 euros, plus VAT 57,500 euros.
A limited liability company, based in the Northern Sector of Athens and engaged in the trade of jewelry, during the years 2019-2022, did not issue tax data, concealing taxable material of 661,000 euros.
A sole proprietorship, based in the Central Sector of Athens and engaged in the manufacture of jewelry, during the years 2019-2023, did not issue 1,631 tax records, concealing taxable material of 483,000 euros and not reporting VAT of 33,000 euros.
A sole proprietorship, based in the Northern Sector of Athens and whose activity is the manufacture of imitation jewelry, during the years 2018-2022, did not issue tax information, concealing taxable material worth 356,000 euros.
A sole proprietorship, based in the Western Sector of Athens and whose activity is the manufacture of imitation jewelry, during the years 2018-2022, did not issue tax information, concealing taxable material of 680,000 euros.
Sole proprietorship in the Regional Unit of Thessaloniki and with the wholesale and retail trade of wigs and hairpieces, during the years 2018-2021, did not issue an unspecified amount of tax information, concealing taxable material of 196,000 euros and not paying VAT of 47,000 euros.
Sole proprietorship in the Regional Unit of Thessaloniki and with the retail trade of women’s ready-to-wear and dresses, during the years 2018-2021, did not issue tax data, concealing taxable material of 295,000 euros, plus VAT of 71,000 euros.
A sole proprietorship in the Regional Unit of Thessaloniki and with the object of the wholesale trade of footwear, during the years 2018-2021, did not issue tax data by concealing taxable material worth 218,000 euros and not paying VAT of 52,000 euros.