Economic crime prevention
The tax gap, defined as the difference between tax revenue which should theoretically be collected, and the factually obtained revenue, or, as defined by the American Tax Administration, as the taxpayers’ tax liability in any year that is not paid in time, was recently estimated to reach the amount of PLN 36.5-58.5 billion from VAT alone. It is believed that the main reason thereof is are tax frauds, which is why the main goal behind the report is to provide solutions for detecting anomalies regarding tax frauds.
The scope of the tax gap depends on several factors, such as:
- Taxpayers’ legal activities the sole purpose of which is to decrease the value of paid taxes,
- Errors in tax calculation caused by problems with proper interpretation of tax laws,
- Errors in tax calculation and poor efficiency of tax authorities,
- Unpaid VAT as a result of taxpayer’s insolvency,
- “Grey area”, i.e. unrejistered business activity, in order to avoid tax burdens,
- Frauds – tax frauds, illegal activity, directly aimed at profiting by abusing constructional elements of VAT.
Economic crimes in Poland
%
of companies in Poland fell victim to frauds during last year
%
of frauds were performed by the management staff.
%
of frauds were performed by internal employees.
* data from the report by PWC on Economic crimes in Poland in 2016 (“Badanie Przestępczości Gospodarczej w Polsce 2016”)
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Elimination of aforementioned causes of the tax gap, except for the last point, is possible thanks to thought-out organisational and legal activities, while abnormality detection requires a proper analytical system.
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