“Rain” the fines fell, new in some cases the businesses were sealed
The inspections of the Independent Public Revenue Authority in October were also sweeping, across the spectrum of the market.
The most important findings are the following:
- Television production company, for the tax years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, concealed a total amount of VAT of 3.9 million euros, based on 33 invoices, received, and is required to pay a fine of 2 million euros.
- A steakhouse, from 3-8-2023 to 22-9-2023, did not transmit 17,000 tax items to AADE, with a total value of 184,000 euros, plus VAT 25,000 and was sealed.
- A shoe retail business, in Athens, did not forward 700 receipts, with a total value of 8,000 euros and was sealed.
- In 2020 and 2021, a clothing business in Athens, after a cross-check between the courier company’s counterpayments and the issued receipts, it was found that it had not issued 46,500 receipts, with a total value of 3 million euros, plus VAT 720,000, with the consequence that it was charged a fine of 355,000 euros.
- A sole proprietorship owned by a well-known singer, was audited for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019, and it was found that it had not issued 16 invoices, with a total value of 51,500 euros, plus VAT of 10,720 euros, and for 2019 it had not paid VAT of 31,000 euros.
- A scrap wholesale business, in 2016, carried out virtual transactions of issuing and receiving virtual tax data, with a total value of 1.5 million euros.
- Restaurant, with stores in Athens and Skiathos, in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, invoiced with large discount rates, concealing revenues of a total value of 90,000 euros, plus VAT of 21,500 euros. A fine of 64,000 euros was imposed on the company in question.
- A well-known night entertainment center in Athens, in the current tax year, had not forwarded 2,600 receipts, with a total value of 165,000 euros, plus VAT of 39,400 euros, and had concealed VAT of 34,200 euros. It was imposed on the company in question a fine of 37,000 euros.
- Aesthetics and beauty products trading center, in which a cross-check was carried out between the data from a well-known courier company and the issued tax data, it was found that it had not issued 6,270 tax data, with a total value of 439,000 euros, plus VAT of 106,000 euros, with the consequence that it was charged a fine of 52,600 euros.
Source: Skai
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