One 12 months of Documento’s analysis on the phenomena and circuits of corruption inside the audit tax mechanisms is coming to an finish. Though the conclusions of the investigation all this time violate open doorways (who doesn’t know the extent of corruption within the tax authorities?), the info that we’ve got dropped at gentle are surprising. The dismemberment of the ring of tax officers working in Chalkida, regardless of the efforts made by the federal government and the pinnacle of the Unbiased Public Income Authority (AADE) Giorgos Pitsilis to look because of political will and willpower to wash it up, says precisely the other.
The circuit was not dismantled as a result of the political management of the Ministry of Finance and its commander AADE they determined to take motion, however as a result of an aggrieved businessman, who reportedly had information of Documento’s publications, determined to report the extortion he was receiving from tax officers to not the AADE, however to the Police Inside Affairs Directorate. The information we’ve got printed along with those we’re publishing at the moment present that AADE is a corrupt community with out transparency and management below the complete authority of G. Pitsilis. It’s a corrupt state inside a state.
So let’s summarize:
- AADE was created as an impartial authority and have become an uncontrolled authority. He at present has unchecked powers given by the commander of G. Pitsili to himself, with the federal government’s toleration.
- The entire system of individuals of the tax equipment has been arrange by the selection of the commander, who, by a call he signed on September 28, 2021, provides himself the proper to proceed with any placement and promotion of executives within the tax authorities and in all vital positions. Subsequently, the corrupt have been chosen by him.
- With different selections, G. Pitsilis instructs tax authorities to disregard what the legislation gives and to use what he mentions. It additionally abolishes the Parliament of the Hellenes. A typical instance is the round dated Could 9, 2024, which repeals the provisions of Regulation 2859/2000 on the VAT exemption for residents of third international locations.
- Pitsilis, utilizing the uncontrolled that has been established with the tolerance of the federal government, publicizes photograph contests for renting AADE buildings. Within the “tenders” the distinctive buildings that the authority lastly rents are described with sq. precision. A part of the funds used are European. These quantities quantity to tens of thousands and thousands.
- G. Pitsilis is aware of very effectively the operation of the corrupt community of tax officers. Tons of of complaints describing the modus operandi of the prison teams of tax officers attain the Inside Audit division of AADE. That is the place the cover-up is devised, since as an alternative of the complaints being despatched to the prosecutor’s workplace to start out an investigation by all means, as was completed within the case of Chalkida below the accountability of the police, they’re forwarded for “disciplinary management” and eventually archived. G. Pitsilis appointed as quantity two of AADE an govt for whom there’s an indeniable prosecutor’s opinion concerning his relationship with corruption. Why did he select him? He cannot say he did not know. So she did it whereas she knew or as a result of she knew him.
- The ring, undoubtedly with the information of the AADE administration, units up tax audits with nameless letters and blackmails businessmen and taxpayers. Many of those audits don’t meet the standards supplied by the legislation and thus the mandate of audits is given by particular individuals who’ve been positioned in key positions. The case of Chalkida is simply the one which surfaced.
- However the circuit additionally acts protectively towards illegals. He trashes complaints about gasoline and liquor smuggling and cash laundering, regardless that they’re substantiated. The case revealed at the moment by Documento is typical. The criticism a couple of liquor smuggler went to AADE, with particulars that even associated to the businesses he arrange inside a couple of days to maneuver the cash. A easy search of the VAT numbers recorded within the criticism (that is what we did at Documento) would result in the conclusion that these are ghost firms. The case went to the prosecutor however not from the AADE. AADE itself initiated a test on Documento with an nameless unsubstantiated letter, however didn’t achieve this on the proof smuggler.
- The transformation of AADE right into a trans-institutional mechanism with extortion within the foreground couldn’t be completed if the federal government didn’t permit it. Kyriakos Mitsotakis permits part of the institutional features that belong to the parliament to be indifferent and given to G. Pitsilis, that’s, to enter a regime of opacity, as a result of it’s clearly one thing he needs. Mr. Mitsotakis has made a political assault on the impartial authorities, reaching the purpose of non-public assaults and character assassination for the president of the Communications Privateness Assurance Authority (ADAE), Christos Rammos, who did his constitutional obligation within the wiretapping case. Nonetheless, it doesn’t contact G. Pitsilis. Clearly there’s an settlement between them by way of targets and strategies.
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