The Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa discovered 172.6 million euros worth of tax fraud in 2022

The statutory treasury of Guipuzkoa discovered and brought to light last year €172.6 million due to their actions in fighting tax fraudHe. The Treasury carried out 90,020 actions in the fight against fraud last year, as explained by the foral manager Jokin Perona on Thursday, March 30 in the Treasury and Finance committee of the Gipuzkoa General Assemblies. Together with the Director of the Treasury Irune Yarza, where they announced the results of the action against tax fraud last year, as well as the verification plan for this year.

Broken down by tax, EUR 59.2 million corresponds to personal income tax (IRPF) and wealth tax; 36 million euros in corporate tax; 67.8 million euros in value added tax (VAT); and finally 9.5 million euros for the rest of the taxes.

The formal entity performed during the year 2022, 90,020 actions against fraud. On average, the area’s tax authorities conducted nearly 247 actions per day. In total, the debt incurred amounts to 144.6 million euros, plus another 18.8 million in interest and surcharges and another 9.2 million in fines.

Going into the details of the actions performed, we can quote three types of interventions: those aimed at information gathering, preventive measures and regularization and recovery actions.

In the case of the first group, it should be noted that, thanks to international agreements on information exchange, 122,750 euros have come to light in pensions abroadand another 553,443 euros for it patrimony and rights in other countries. In addition, in terms of information exchange between administrations, 9.9 million pieces of information have been shared with the State Revenue Agency and the Foral Treasuries of Araba and Bizkaia, and 28 million invoices have been received through the instant delivery of information (SII).

In the section on preventive actions, Deputy Jokin Perona highlighted the progress made in the information management, through projects such as the SII or TicketBAI. On the other hand, they also processed 164 complaints presented by the citizens, of which 22 have ended up in liquidation, with a debt of 2.7 million euros.

Finally, in the section on regularization and recovery actions, the inconsistencies discovered in the information handed over to the Treasury led to the execution of 37,185 liquidations and the exposure of 72.6 million euros in fraud, while up to 1,970 liquidations were carried out non-filers, revealing a further €6.9 million. In addition, 9 files with indications of fraud were forwarded to the public prosecutor’s office, worth 29.2 million euros.

The provincial delegate of Finance has focused on the cooperation with other tax administrations and social and economic actors. As he said, “The Treasury cannot operate in isolation, let alone in this area.” “We must continue to build shared networks with other institutions and tax authorities and fortunately we can say in recent years that we have taken important steps in this regard,” he stressed.

Looking to the future, Perona has indicated that the Treasury will continue to expand its information resources, either through agreements with other agents or through projects such as TicketBAI, and that it will continue to invest in both people and technology to manage and maintain this data. exploit. . However, he recalled that “prevention is the most effective way to fight fraud” and therefore reiterated “the commitment” of the Gipuzkoan Provincial Treasury “with projects to raise awareness and spread tax culture”.