Tax fraud in Spain is about 26,000 million euros per year, says a study

By El Comunista, elcomunista.net
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junio 15, 2017


Fiscal fraud in Spain stands at approximately 26,000 million euros per year, according to estimates published Thursday by the General Council of Economists.
"For the experts of the General Council of Economists, after making the necessary adjustments for the symmetries and duplications, the loss of revenue could prowl - with all the cautions - the 26,000 million euros," said the organization, which highlighted the difficulties for Calculate the magnitude of the problem.
According to Valentín Pich, president of the General Council of Economists, "immaterial aspects such as education of citizenship, efficiency in spending or the example of policy makers have an impact on tax fraud."
In addition, Pich continued, tax fraud involves other "more tangible" elements such as "the strength of tax agencies, the consequences of administrative checks or regularization for late declarations, regulatory clarity or stability of standards And interpretive criteria ".
The study presented Thursday by the General Council of Economists makes a series of recommendations to improve the fight against fraud.
Among them are proposals such as trying to reduce the resolution times in the review processes, especially guard the new entrepreneurs or intensify the cooperative relationship.
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