They advertised rooms and apartments in holiday homes on the web and on social media, but in many cases the proceeds did not appear in the tax returns. And twenty managers were even completely unknown to the tax authorities, despite some managing to earn between 40 thousand and 50 thousand euros a year with the accommodation facilities. The Financial Police carried out over 50 checks between Syracuse and the province, selecting the positions through fiscal risk analyzes based on the cross-referencing of the information available on the web and on social networks with that contained in the databases used by the Corps.
How they hid the proceeds from holiday homes from the taxman
The checks revealed over 800 thousand euros of undeclared proceeds, which, according to the Guardia di Finanza, corresponds to an evaded tax of more than 200 thousand euros. Furthermore, some managers, after being summoned to open the audits and still finding themselves within the deadlines to correct their tax position, presented declarations or corrections.
In this way, another approximately 110,000 euros of undeclared income surfaced and 26,000 euros which, the Fiamme Gialle underline, would otherwise not have been paid.
The 23 “invisible” managers for the Revenue Agency
Among the positions checked, twenty people normally declared income deriving from their work or professional activity, but had failed to indicate those obtained by renting properties to tourists. More relevant is the situation found for another twenty subjects, who had not submitted any tax returns.
The comparison between the advertisements advertising the structures on websites and social media and the data available to the financial administration made it possible to select the positions considered at risk. In some cases, according to what was reconstructed by the financiers, the structures managed produced revenues of between 40 thousand and 50 thousand euros per year.
The owner who stops responding with citizenship income
Among the cases stands out the owner of a holiday home, widely advertised online, who disappeared. After being summoned, she initially handed over the requested documentation. However, he subsequently stopped answering the phone, effectively making himself unavailable.
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The behavior did not prevent the continuation of the inspection activity. The financiers concluded the check, ascertaining “significant undeclared earnings”, and served her with the report. The investigations also revealed that the woman, in the same period to which the undeclared incomes referred, was a recipient of citizenship income. His position was therefore reported to both the Revenue Agency and INPS.
Almost no one paid the special Rai license fee
The checks were not limited to tax returns. The military also verified the payment of the special radio and television license fee possibly due for the television sets present in the accommodation facilities. The result, according to the Financial Police, is that “almost all” of the subjects subjected to control had never paid the due fee.