Post by account_disabled on Mar 6, 2024 3:33:33 GMT -5
The excessive tax evasion is once again in the public and media spotlight, after the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has uncovered the secret files of 14 law firms that reveal opaque companies of politicians, millionaires and artists. They are the so-called 'Pandora Papers', which in addition to revealing the shortcomings of the Tax Agency, highlight the need to take action and implement new practices in Spain. In this context, the AEAT should allow the Treasury technicians to immediately begin the investigation of the people referred to in these papers to settle the records or, where appropriate, present complaints for possible tax crimes committed. It is worth remembering that the measures of the successive special plans, anti-fraud laws and measures for the control of public expenses of the last 30 years have not included organizational measures of personal resources that the AEAT, the IGAE and other management centers of the Ministry of.
Finance to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the public service performed by the Ministry. Spain suffers from 65% more underground economy than the European average According to the latest IMF report, the average submerged rate between 1991 and 2015 in Spain was compared to 16.01% of the submerged weighted average in the EU-28, and 16.6% of the Australia Phone Number average weighted shadow economy in the Euro Zone at 19. That is, Spain suffers from a shadow economy 65% more than the European average, occupying the sixth position in the ranking of the largest shadow economy of the 19 countries in the Euro Zone. Faced with this impasse, in the long-term horizon, the document “Spain 2050” plans to reduce this submerged rate to 10% to be in the average of the eight EU countries taken as references in that document prepared by experts, and presented by the President of the Government. For this reason, the Government should comply with the two measures approved in the law of prevention and fight against tax fraud of July, the estimation of the underground economy and the gradual increase of the workforce in the Ministry between and new personnel until they are equal.
European average. Likewise, it would be advisable to strengthen collaboration between tax administrations, their transparency and increase the tax prescription to 5 and 10 years to equate it to the prescription of tax crimes and aggravated tax crimes, as well as specify the low taxation to consider a non-cooperative jurisdiction, which Gestha places it at the minimum of 15% that is being agreed upon globally. This is not the first time that we have suggested strengthening tax investigations into the most egregious tax crimes and frauds to close the hole through which 38 billion euros escape - an amount equivalent to half of the non-refundable EU Next Generation Funds - due to the greater differential of the underground economy in Spain with respect to the European average, reduce the 41,911 million outstanding tax debts in 2020, and avoid the collapse of 82% in complaints to the Prosecutor's Office of tax crimes and 72% in criminal charges discovered, basically due to the current limitation of the skills of technicians. For these reasons, once again, we reiterate the importance of creating a Higher Technical Body of the Treasury , which definitively puts an end to said limitation of powers.
Finance to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the public service performed by the Ministry. Spain suffers from 65% more underground economy than the European average According to the latest IMF report, the average submerged rate between 1991 and 2015 in Spain was compared to 16.01% of the submerged weighted average in the EU-28, and 16.6% of the Australia Phone Number average weighted shadow economy in the Euro Zone at 19. That is, Spain suffers from a shadow economy 65% more than the European average, occupying the sixth position in the ranking of the largest shadow economy of the 19 countries in the Euro Zone. Faced with this impasse, in the long-term horizon, the document “Spain 2050” plans to reduce this submerged rate to 10% to be in the average of the eight EU countries taken as references in that document prepared by experts, and presented by the President of the Government. For this reason, the Government should comply with the two measures approved in the law of prevention and fight against tax fraud of July, the estimation of the underground economy and the gradual increase of the workforce in the Ministry between and new personnel until they are equal.
European average. Likewise, it would be advisable to strengthen collaboration between tax administrations, their transparency and increase the tax prescription to 5 and 10 years to equate it to the prescription of tax crimes and aggravated tax crimes, as well as specify the low taxation to consider a non-cooperative jurisdiction, which Gestha places it at the minimum of 15% that is being agreed upon globally. This is not the first time that we have suggested strengthening tax investigations into the most egregious tax crimes and frauds to close the hole through which 38 billion euros escape - an amount equivalent to half of the non-refundable EU Next Generation Funds - due to the greater differential of the underground economy in Spain with respect to the European average, reduce the 41,911 million outstanding tax debts in 2020, and avoid the collapse of 82% in complaints to the Prosecutor's Office of tax crimes and 72% in criminal charges discovered, basically due to the current limitation of the skills of technicians. For these reasons, once again, we reiterate the importance of creating a Higher Technical Body of the Treasury , which definitively puts an end to said limitation of powers.