AADE probes internet data

Online transactions and new technologies facilitate the work of the audit mechanism to curb tax evasion.

Online information retrieval platforms such as Booking.com, Airbnb, food delivery platforms and courier services provide auditors with new valuable information.

The overexposure of influencers, especially during the pandemic, has led the regulator to focus its attention on social media, specifically Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. Essentially, their strong social media activity to sell the products they advertise has brought them into the limelight, with early results being impressive. Now the tax administration has on its side the followers, the viewers and also the courier companies.

The network of "new auditors" available to AADE amounts to hundreds of thousands and has spread online. This way, the tax officials collect all the necessary data identifying...