ROME – “The real revolution is to prevent the ‘ evasion, do not chase it. Estimates say that every year are subtracted from the Treasury 120 billion euro, and we recover 12 or 13 But the real problem is that there are almost 600 billion findings in relation to previous years, entrusted with the receipt of Equitalia, which is not will never be able to collect. We should stop chase, and focus sull’evasione that is created every year. Bridging the gap between those that grossed 120 billion and 13. ” Rossella Orlandi, 57, takes from a few weeks to study the eighth floor of the office of the Revenue was that of Attilio Befera. An entire career in the financial administration, which began at age 24, just graduated, winning the contest. “I have dedicated my entire life to this work. Will give my best, “he promises. Also this evening, he says, will remain in office until 10 at night, and going out, turn off the light. A mixture of ideals and pragmatism with a great desire to improve the results obtained in the recent past.
This is why in his first address to the Deed of tax inspectors asked to start the tests from 2012, letting go of the past?
“Times of prescription of offenses tax are tight, and this leads us to concentrate our investigations on the annuity older, those on which, after a certain time, you can not recover. But working on the past involves risk, including the right to ask for money to companies that have since gone bankrupt. Would also serve the statute of limitations a bit ‘longer’
Parliament is finalizing the implementing decree of the proxy tax on simplifications, with a strong reduction of the obligations of firms, even in contracts. What do you think?
“What care is needed. In public procurement, especially where there is a labor-intensive, there are mechanisms to keep an eye on. When companies offer prices that do not even cover the cost of the work, something is wrong. Many businesses open up, take a contract, raking in, do the job, but do not pay taxes and contributions, then close. And maybe re-open under a different name a few days later. This is a very serious phenomenon, because in addition to tax evasion, there is a huge damage to competition. It can also be good to eliminate joint and several liability of the contractors on the social security deductions, but there must be a system by which the INPS tells me, carefully, the firm “X” last month did not pay contributions. So I can intervene in time, I can ask questions, send an ‘sms’ to remember a deadline will not be honored. This increases the “compliance”, ie the accession to the tax authorities and narrows the area of serious evasion, it identifies the best and you can focus the resources of the Agency. ”
Hunting for big fish, then?
“I say that the Agency’s action must be proportional, and this proportionality must be based on real data, using a lot of caution in the use of presumptions, which must be reflected in the actual situation and capacity contributory controlled entities. ”
The assessment is also a matter of common sense?
“Definitely. We need more prevention, but also hand harder with those who insist in fraudulent behavior. It is not that every time we have to impose the minimum penalty: one thing is the formal error, a repeated account fraud. ”
So far, the strategy of evasion has focused heavily on the collection, that is, on your Equitalia controlled. She will become president, as was its predecessor, Attilio Befera?
“No, because for me it is appropriate that there is a clear separation of roles. Equitalia collecting for us and other entities 15,000, by the municipalities to watersheds. The problems of collecting are not certain to us that we provide clean data. ”
The Agency has sufficient forces?
“If you want to defeat evasion aiming at the recovery of the past would serve many more employees. I’d love to recover 50 billion a year, but I do not have this possibility. For this we need to focus on “compliance” with a step change in relations with citizens. To do this just to ensure that staff turnover, we now have 50%, and want to lower it to 20%. But be careful, because we do a lot of things. I mean, we also manage the fee Rai … »
The tax evaded most of all …
” To force. Tax evasion is so high because I up to 2000 euro debt I can not do any enforcement action. Send a warning, and if the taxpayer is a good person pays, otherwise no, and I can not help it. The rules with which we manage the canon are of a Royal Decree of ’38, when Rai was not there yet, and no one has ever wanted to change them. ”
The block of shares compulsive about small tax debts was a political decision.
“A kind of mass amnesty … Politics has decided that because there was a crisis. We apply the laws, do not do politics. Maybe in the past there was an excess of leadership, but I am a servant of the state. I was taught that when an official takes responsibility should not get the plume. We apply the laws. And we point out the things that do not go, yes. ”
The next year there will be the debut of the pre-filled tax return.
“A revolution for nearly 20 million taxpayers. Many of these statements, a quarter, do not even have to be integrated. The other can be improved, such as by counting the deductions, resorting to intermediaries. With a novelty, though, because it will be the Caf, accountants who make those statements to account for possible errors. Many Italians will finally be free from taxes. ”
Lower the use of cash would reduce evasion?
“This is proven by many studies. Abroad you pay with your card, the coffee, but not abroad is that all the burdens of electronic money are in charge to traders, like us. ”
There is still banking secrecy in Italy?
“No. The capital and financial investigations can be done. International collaboration sull’evasione has become very strong and in the European context last only a few niches, for a short time. If Switzerland were to sign the cooperation agreement with the Italian government, we would have closed the hole. ”
The voluntary disclosure will work? It is said that Italian will also cover activities. It would not be an amnesty in disguise?
“I think the measure before Parliament, which still provides for the full payment of taxes due on prior years, providing sufficient guarantees. Not to mention that this measure would finally introduced the crime of self-laundering, a measure long overdue. ”
August 11, 2014 | 07:14
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