A «sieve» will pass the businesses that have shown great decrease in turnover or have submitted amending declarations and received State aid under the 7th cycle of the repayable advance η Independent Public Revenue Authority in order to safeguard its interests Public sector.
Once the submission of applications has been completed, the competent authorities will compare the monthly figures of gross income and expenditure this year with those of previous years, collecting data and information both from the submitted declarations of businesses and from third parties, public and private bodies.
In the event of possible circumvention of the provisions or submission of false or inaccurate declarations that alter the amount of gross income, turnover or VAT codes, or do not accurately reflect the operational situation of the business, the audit authorities will extensive controls.
It is recalled that offenders who will be detected, either immediately or in the long term, will be obliged to refund the entire amount received as a repayable advance, on the other hand, they will be charged interest and surcharges.
The main objective is to establish whether the terms and conditions for the disbursement of financial aid in the form of repayable advances have been met.
The 4 weapons of the Hellenic Revenue Service against offenders
The AADE, after cross-checks, can:
- To do not provisionally approve the application for the grant of the repayable advance and inform in writing the DGOU of the Ministry of Finance with the relevant information in each case,
- not include persons who are likely to circumvent the provisions in the detailed and aggregated lists of beneficiaries, informing all relevant services,
- communicate the findings to the Financial Crime Prosecutor and to the General Directorate of the Financial Crimes Investigation Department for the investigation of a possible attempt to commit financial crimes against the Greek State,
- take the appropriate compliance or control actions, based on the applicable legislation.
It should be noted that a few days ago the Ministries of Finance and Labour sent to Justice cases of blatant deception of the State by the fraudsters, who had their eye on the valuable resources of the support measures against the coronavirus, such as the refundable advance.
