Self-employed come under tax scrutiny

Self-employed professionals who declare incomes of less than 10,000 euros will be targeted by the tax authorities immediately after the end of the tax return submission process, which ends on August 31.

The first professions to be put through the auditing wringer include plumbers, electricians and all occupations related to construction in general, as well as taxi drivers.    

These will be the first sectors audited as seven out of 10 professionals reported annual incomes under 10,000 euros. A specialized team of auditors will examine every sector separately. They will analyze the professionals' tax returns, their VAT returns, their tax refunds, the information displayed in myDATA, their assets, their living expenses and even the aid they received during the pandemic.

Indirect methods will be utilized to check the professionals after they have been chosen based...