Αρχική Διάλογος για ένα Δίκαιο και Aποτελεσματικό φορολογικό σύστημαΝομοθετικά Μέτρα για την αντιμετώπιση της φοροδιαφυγής / ΕισαγωγήΣχόλιο του χρήστη Pedro Andrade | 4 Ιανουαρίου 2010, 18:24
  • Σχόλιο του χρήστη 'Pedro Andrade' | 4 Ιανουαρίου 2010, 18:24

    The tekmiria should not determine the amount of tax to be paid, but should be used to determine the need for fiscal audits to take place. If, for example, a family has acquired a house, a car, a swimming pool, etc. using savings, then they should be able to demonstrate that these savings were obtained through income that has been taxed in the past, and the house, car, etc. should not be a determinant of the tax to pay now. Same thing would apply for a family that has acquired a house in the past, completely paid the load, during a time of higher income, but now has a reduced income. This shouldn’t mean that in order to keep living in this house they have to pay more tax than what their current income level implies. The income on a specific year cannot determine one’s ability to acquire or maintain a house, and shouldn’t therefore be assumed that his income was of a specific minimum in order to justify this house. Many of these audits could be quickly performed automatically through cross-checking with past tax declarations. Others could be performed by the tax Office directly with the tax payers. Those found to have unjustified wealth, should then not simply pay additional tax, as with the tekmiria system, but also be penalized for tax evasion. The tekmiria reduce the incentive for people to acquire specific goods which the government has decided are potential indicators of undeclared income. They therefore penalize a sector of the market which could in turn bring significant income to the government in other types of taxes (not income tax). This is in much the same way that high teli kykloforias have drastically reduced the market for luxury cars, which bring in taxes in the form of licensing taxes.