Only 20% of resources are allocated to prosecuting tax crimes by multinationals
The Tax Agency uses 80% of its staff to control self-employed workers, micro-enterprises and SMEs and only 20% of its employees to pursue crimes committed by multinationals and large business groups. This is what the technicians of the Ministry of Finance (Gestha) have denounced, warning of a drop in revenue in the fight against fraud. This situation, according to a statement collected by Europa Press, is due to the limitation of the powers of the Treasury technicians.
According to Gestha technicians, since 2010 the Tax Agency has reinforced the investigation of taxpayers with fewer resources. The debt settled last year was 101% lower than in 2010. Specifically, they detail that 624 million less was collected. The average amount of debt settled by the taxpayer also fell in 2017 by 201% compared to 2010.
Fall in complaints
Along these lines, Gestha technicians warn that 2016 was the fifth consecutive year of falls in crime reports. They point out that only 226 complaints were processed that year, 77.7% less.
In 2011, 1,014 crimes were processed, including scandals such as the Panama Papers, Football Leaks and the Paradise Papers.
The experts are demanding more information on the reported tax crimes. The data they are asking for include the income received in executive, the income received from liquidations and acts of tax collection. These data, which reflect the totality of the economic results of the fight against fraud, were published in 2015.
The union suspects a drop in complaints. According to Europa Press, the experts warn that this information has been omitted to be published in order to hide a drop in tax crimes discovered by the Tax Agency in 2017.
Finally, they ask for a “realistic and efficient” plan to be created in the fight against fraud. The objective would be to collect around 40 billion in the medium term in order to reduce the 25% amount of the black economy in Spain.
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