Tax audit offices in the fight against vat crime. Forensic and fiscal aspects Cover Image

Administracja kontroli skarbowej w zwalczaniu przestępczości w zakresie podatku VAT. Aspekty kryminalistyczne i fiskalne
Tax audit offices in the fight against vat crime. Forensic and fiscal aspects

Author(s): Ryszard Bełdzikowski
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: tax audit offices; vat crime; “missing trader”; fictitious invoices

Summary/Abstract: VAT tax is the biggest tax revenue to the state budget. However, VAT mechanisms seem to be a tempting invitation for criminals to try to obtain undue VAT refund. The scale of this pathology is quite large, although tax audit offices have tried to fight this kind of tax fraud with success. This article presents the problem of the tax administration endeavours to eliminate the crime and also is an attempt at assessing the effectiveness of operation of tax audit offices which have already ended their 25-year activity.

  • Issue Year: XV/2017
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 7-20
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish