Escrivá and Montero start a crusade against social security fraud in companies

The Labor Inspectorate will receive notices from the Tax Agency about possible crimes

At a delicate moment for the finances of the Social Security, which is facing the most expensive pension increase in history in 2023 and for which it will need extra financing worth 20,000 million euros, the Government begins a crusade to hunt down the defrauding companies in the payment of social contributions.

Thus, the State Tax Administration Agency and the State Autonomous Organization of Labor and Social Security Inspection have recently signed an agreement on the exchange of information and development of collaborative actions for the prevention and correction of tax and Social Security fraud. . In summary, the agreement builds an informative bridge between those responsible for prosecuting tax and labor fraud in order, in this case, to influence irregularities in payments by employers to Social Security.

In this sense, although both organizations have already shared information since 2011, when they signed a first collaboration agreement, from now on the anti-fraud services are empowered to exchange new documentation parameters that serve to detect and act. on common risk areas, in addition to establishing coordinated action procedures.

In this sense, the new data that will be exchanged will be related to the identification of companies that defraud; the identification of Social Security fraud that can be defined as an advanced indicator of tax fraud risk and tax fraud that can be identified as an advanced indicator of Social Security fraud; the design and determination of the measures to be adopted to prevent fraudulent behaviors and the design of control plans with common elements and functional coordination of their execution.

"In view of the positive results derived from the collaboration, which has made it possible to increase the effectiveness of the actions and the efficiency in the use of available resources, the parties consider that it would be very beneficial for the fulfillment of their respective purposes to advance in the exchange of information, expanding the telematic transmission of information between the parties, "says the agreement collected by the BOE.

confidentiality

Of course, among the clauses included in the new agreement, it is established that only members who are part of the specific structures for the fight against fraud of the Tax Agency may have access to the information. And furthermore, legal reprisals are foreseen against any official who, having access to this information from the different companies, does not comply with the secrecy requirement.

"Any authorities, officials and other personnel who have knowledge of the data provided will be obliged to the strictest and most complete secrecy. The violation of this obligation will imply criminal, administrative and civil responsibilities, “says the text.