“Lavrakia” on behalf of the Independent Public Revenue Authority (AADE) the application outputs “appodix» that more than 250,000 citizens have installed on their mobile phones, after the establishment bonus from 100 to 3,000 euros for those who reveal tax evasion.

Since the start of the application have been carried out 153,380 complaintsof which 69,046 are named and 84,334 are anonymous.

Others will be added to this number 5,559 cases of complaints (922 named and 4,637 anonymous) made in “Citizen Complaints” platformbringing the total to close to 159,000.

The majority of complaints concern non-issuance of receipts, fake receipts, corruption and other tax violations, which in turn are checked by AADE after evaluating the content and seriousness of the cases.

In particular, complaints-information submitted to the platform are channeled systematically and automatically depending on their subject and content, to the competent structures for further investigation or control as the case may be.

As far as “Appodixi” is concerned, the measure has facilitated the control authorities in identifying dozens of cases of issuing fictitious or non-issuing receipts. It is characteristic that through the “Appodixi” application, cases of businesses were identified which entered a different amount on the receipt and a different amount in the myDATA e-books.

How the mobile app works

1. The user opens the application and through the mobile camera, “scans” the QR code of the receipt.

2. Depending on the status of the receipt, the application generates the following messages:

-The receipt has been forwarded to AADE. In this case, the details of the receipt are displayed (cash register number, company VAT number, receipt number, date and time of transaction issue, VAT transaction value and in transactions with petrol stations, the quantity and type of fuel). In this case, it is checked whether the information displayed in the application is the same as that displayed in the receipt. That is, if the value shown on the receipt is the same as the value that has been transmitted to AADE. If there is a difference, this means that there has probably been an intervention in the tax mechanism of the business, so that a different amount appears on the customer’s receipt and another, smaller amount is transferred to AADE.

-The receipt is declared, but the receipt has not yet been forwarded to AADE. In this case, the date and time beyond which the receipt should have been sent to AADE is mentioned. If the receipt has been issued before this point, the report for non-transmission of the receipt is indicated.

-The QR code cannot be read or the cash register is not declared or is not active. In this case, submitting a report to the application is indicated.