The results of the Independent Public Revenue Authority‘s audits of food service businesses, regarding the issuance of receipts when orders are placed through delivery platforms is truly impressive.
These are checks which:
Are targeted, i.e. the businesses, which are checked, have been selected through the special risk analysis algorithm.
Are carried out with the help of the data, which the Authority constantly receives from the ordering platforms, and which are compared with the retail receipts, which have been issued for the specific orders.
Based on these data, Authority auditors identified 14 catering businesses, which did not cut 449,000 receipts for orders with a total value of 5.15 million euros! In other words, these companies collected from their customers, but did not pay 592,000 euros of VAT to the tax office!
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Scammy Businesses
Analytically:
-Cafeteria in Crete, for the years 2019 to 2020, did not submit income tax and VAT returns, concealing income of a total value of €1,440,000.
– In a restaurant in the Central area of Athens, for the years 2019 to 2021, it was found that 91,300 tax items with a total net value of €685,000 had not been issued.
-In a creperie in Epirus, for the years 2017 to 2019, it was found that 92,800 tax items were not issued, concealing taxable material of €400,000.
-In a creperie in Thessaly, for the years 2018 to 2020, it was found that 40,400 tax details had not been issued, concealing taxable material of €285,000.
-In a refreshment bar in Thessaloniki, for the years 2018 to 2020, it was found that 42,530 tax items were not issued, with a total amount of concealed material of €270,000.
-In a pizzeria in Magnesia, for the years 2018 to 2020, it was found that 20,300 cases were not issued, with a total amount of concealed material of €210,000.
-In a refreshment room, in the South sector of Athens, for the years 2019 to 2021, it was found that 62,340 tax items, with a total value of €200,000, had not been issued.
-In a restaurant in Achaia, for the years 2017 to 2019, it was found that an unspecified amount of tax information was not issued, with a total amount of concealed material of €180,000.
-In a restaurant in Achaia, for the years 2017 to 2019, it was found that tax information was not issued in 27,550 cases, with a total amount of concealed material of €175,000.
-In a kitchen in Thessaloniki, for the years 2019 to 2022, it was found that tax information was not issued in 9,023 cases, with a total amount of concealed material of €166,000.
– In a restaurant in Achaia, for the years 2017 to 2019, it was found that tax information was not issued in 38,700 cases, with a total amount of hidden material of €165,000.
-In a restaurant in Achaia, for the years 2017 to 2020, it was found that tax information was not issued in 19,980 cases, with a total amount of concealed material of €161,000.
-In a restaurant in Achaia, for the years 2017 to 2020, it was found that 3,409 tax items were not issued, concealing taxable material amounting to €138,000.
– In a cafe in Ioannina, for the years 2017 to 2018, it was found that 734 tax items were not issued, concealing taxable material amounting to €100,800.
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