The law of October 23, 2018, which partially blew up the “lock of Bercy”, raised fears of a doubling of the litigation. Until then, the Ministry of Economy and Finance "filtered" the files arriving in jurisdiction. Only the most complex or those for which no agreement could be reached with the tax evaders were successful. From now on, Bercy is subject to compulsory denunciation as soon as fraud exceeds 100,000 euros and penalties exceed 40%.
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According to the Chancellery, " the increase is real. We have 1,678 files - all disputes combined - transmitted in 2019 to the judicial institution by the services of Bercy, compared to 823 in 2018 . But this increase is absorbable ” . According to the magistrates, indeed, these files which are regulated with the penal would not present great difficulty of treatment insofar as Bercy already carried out the necessary investigations by identifying the fraudsters and the amount of sums to recover. " These additional files
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