AADE: Tax evasion of over 30 million euros from e-shops – The most important cases

The concealment of a large amount of income, over 30 million euros, from companies that sell products via the internet, was revealed by sweeping controls, which were carried out by the “rabo” of the AADE.

How they hid income

These businesses hid their income in two ways:

• Either through the non-issue of tax information

• Or even through the disposal of goods, without having previously started operations in the Tax Registry! That is, they were selling without even having the status of a business, operating parasitically and against any conditions of unfair competition.

How tax evaders were identified

The auditors of the Independent Public Revenue Authority identified the tax evaders, using:

• Citizen complaints

• Internet surveys

• Cross-references with data from third-party sources, Openings of bank accounts

The branches of digital tax evasion

The main areas where undeclared sales through e-shops were detected are:

• Technology products

• Clothing

• Footwear

• Cosmetics

• Jewelry

• Women’s accessories

Investigations will continue into 2023 as there are a number of targeted cases underway.

The most important cases

• A one-person private capital company in the Central Sector of Athens with the trade of sports shoes, for the years 2017 to 2019, did not submit income tax and VAT returns, concealing taxable material amounting to 4 million euros.

• In a one-person private capital company in the Western Sector of Athens with the activity of mail-order or online shoe retail, for the years 2016 to 2018, it was found that an unspecified number of tax items, with a total net value of 2.1 million euros, had not been issued.

• A one-person private capital company in the Northern sector of Athens with the activity of wholesale and retail trade of healthy food items, it was found that for the 2018 fiscal year it had made sales via the internet without issuing tax information, with a total net value of 1.5 million euros. At the same time, for the same year, it was found that he did not submit an income tax return, concealing taxable material, worth 5.2 million euros.

• A one-person private capital company in the Central Sector of Athens with the business of trading sports shoes for the 2017-2018 financial years, did not submit income tax and VAT returns, concealing taxable material of 1.2 million euros.

• In a business in Central Macedonia with the business of selling water filters via the internet, it was found that for the years 2016 to 2019, the non-issuance of receipts for retail transactions with a hidden value of 900,000 euros.

• A sole proprietorship in the prefecture of Achaia with the retail trade of jewelry and watches carried out online sales in 2019 without issuing tax data of a net value of 530,000 euros.

• In the area of ​​Larissa, an online sales company was found to have concealed taxable material of 400,000 euros for the years 2018 to 2020.

• In the area of ​​Larissa, an online sales company was found to have concealed taxable material of 360,000 euros for the years 2018 to 2020.

• A one-person private capital company in the Northern sector of Athens, with the business of trading sports shoes for the year 2019, was found to have failed to issue 3,897 tax documents with a total net value of 200,000 euros.

• A natural person in the wider area of ​​the Prefecture of Kavala, without having started an activity, during the years 2016 to 2019, made sales of clothing and accessories over the internet with a total net value of 140,000 euros.

• An online sales business in the area of ​​Larissa was found to have concealed taxable material amounting to 130,000 euros for the years 2018 to 2020.

• An online sales business in the area of ​​Karditsa was found to have concealed taxable material amounting to 122,000 euros for the years 2017 to 2019.

• In the area of ​​Magnesia, an online sales company was found to have failed to issue 2,041 tax returns for the years 2018 to 2020 and to have concealed taxable material amounting to 90,000 euros.

• A sole proprietorship based in the prefecture of Argolis and engaged in the trade of cosmetics, during fiscal year 2020 did not issue tax data of a total value of 70,000 euros for online sales, while simultaneously submitting inaccurate income tax returns for fiscal years 2019 and 2020, concealing income of a total value of 785,000 euros.

• A natural person in Athens was found to have sold footwear online during the years 2016 to 2018 in 6,649 cases, without having started operations. The total net value of the sales amounted to 325,000 euros.

• A sole proprietorship based in Patras and engaged in the online retail trade of technology products, in 2019, did not issue tax information. The net value of the items in question amounted to 200,000 euros.

• A sole proprietorship based in Patras and engaged in the retail trade of cosmetics and perfumes via the internet, during the years 2016-2019, did not issue tax information, with a net value of 150,000 euros.

• A limited liability company based in Ioannina and engaged in the online retail trade of foodstuffs, in the year 2018, did not issue tax information, with a net value of 140,000 euros.

• A limited liability company operating a parking space in the wider area of ​​Eleftherios Venizelos Airport was found to have inaccurately issued 30,540 service receipts, with a net value of 375,000 euros, during the years 2016 to 2020.

• A sole proprietorship in Thessaloniki with the business of online clothing trade, carried out sales without the issuance of tax information during the years 2019 to 2021, with a total net value of 570,000 euros.

• A limited liability company based in Serres and engaged in e-commerce of footwear, during the years 2016-2017, did not issue tax data. The net value of the items in question amounted to 445,000 euros.

• A sole proprietorship based in Thessaloniki and engaged in clothing e-commerce, during the years 2018-2020, did not issue tax data, with a net value of 1.5 million euros.

• A non-commercial company in Kavala was found to be engaged in e-commerce of clothes, during the years 2016-2019, with a number of transactions of 1,381, worth 155,000 euros.

• A non-professional company in Kavala was found to be engaged in electronic commerce of clothes and accessories, during the years 2016-2019, with a number of 1,216 transactions, worth 140,000 euros.

• A sole proprietorship in Thessaloniki with the activity of online footwear trade, carried out during the years 2018 to 2020 sales without the issuance of tax data, with a total net value of 1.5 million euros.

• A sole proprietorship in Thessaloniki with the object of activity is clothing trade via the internet, during the years 2018 to 2020, it made sales without the issuance of tax information, with a total net value of 1.45 million euros.

• A Private Capital Company based in Chalandri and engaged in the wholesale trade of health food items and pharmaceuticals was found to be conducting online sales while not submitting an income tax return for the tax year 2018 with hidden taxable material of 2.5 million euros.

• A personal company in Athens, whose business is the trade of pharmaceutical and parapharmaceutical products, carried out online sales, without the issuance of tax information, in 5,603 cases, with a total net value of 209,000 euros, during the years 2018 to 2020.

• Sole proprietorship in Piraeus with the retail trade of imitation jewelry, in 2018 made online sales, without issuing tax information, with a total net value of 205,000 euros.

• A sole proprietorship in the southern sector of Athens with the object of activity of Repair Services for Telephone, Fax and Related Devices carried out online sales in the year 2018, without the issuance of tax information, with a total net value of 1.75 million euros.

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