Tax evaders warned: There is now a new digital tool that will help the Revenue Agency identify anomalies and suspicious movements in checking accounts. Its name is VeRa, which stands for Verify Financial Reports, and it’s the new algorithm approved by Economy Minister Daniel Franco and privacy guarantor that in the coming months will look for anomalies between income, checking accounts, movements and purchases. Digital. VeRa will also have the task of verifying digital invoices for VAT numbers and between electronic payments, with the aim of collecting more than 14 billion euros from undetected tax fraudsters and thus reducing the gap between taxes due and collected.
How does VeRa, the anti-evasion algorithm work
According to the first information reported Republic, the Sogei algorithm will be able to process millions of data simultaneously, by crossing account data with those of real estate, invoices issued and electronic payments made. At first, the data will be anonymized and will later be linked to the taxpayer: at that moment, the human assessment will begin. To automatically encourage citizens to comply, the Revenue Agency will send a letter to the taxpayer requesting that the bill be paid before the official assessment begins. A kind of warning that allows the taxpayer to explain any problems.
“We start from the results of the register of financial relations, or all current accounts – explained Alessandro Santoro, the ministry’s advisor on tax evasion – if the algorithm identifies significant differences between the balance at the beginning of the year and that at the end of the year, apparently not justified by anything, such as inheritance, donations , selling property, winnings, and then the management takes the first step. This rule has been in place for more than two years, but it has not been implemented.” According to preliminary estimates, the government should send about 2.5 million letters to as many taxpayers as possible, as well as the revenue agency’s use of drones, which are often used to identify “phantom” property.
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