The start of the summer season for taxpayers in Croatia always means business with highest turnover and a lot of work. Some of them are also trying real hard to avoid paying taxes and this calls for higher engagement of the tax inspectors who are moving around Adriatic coast every summer, especially in the time of big concerts and festivals.
At the beginning of this year’s session, Tax Police published information of the inspections conducted in the period between June 15-30. Inspectors visited 625 taxpayers, and in 24% of the examined cases found irregularities on the basis of the current Fiscal Law. Some 7% of examined taxpayers were sanctioned by temporary cessation of their business activities due to the failure to issue fiscal receipts and failure to make payments of declared tax in the prescribed time.
A high percentage of irregularities presents an indication that there is still a group of taxpayers who persistently seek ways to avoid paying taxes. But thanks to the Croatian online fiscal system and its software application on Tax Administration’s central server it is possible to achieve this only in the short term! Software application is surveying, tracking, analyzing, reporting and alerting inspectors about all irregularities. This is good case showing that combat against tax evasion is only possible in conjunction of good technical solution and inspector’s work on the ground. Tax Administration announces to continue intensive work until mid-September for all taxpayers who do business with cash, especially for those located at the Adriatic coast.
