The authorities do not fight effectively against tax fraud, which costs every year to France, and are not even able to assess the amounts removed from the tax, denounces a report of the Court of Accounts, which calls for a "pulse "politics to take things in hand. "Despite substantial progress over the past decade in tools, the results of the fight against tax fraud are on a downward trend," she said in a report released Monday.
The Cambon Street institution was commissioned by the Prime Minister after the "great national debate", notably to make a controversial calculation of the fraud, while the movement of "yellow vests" demanded more than tax justice. But it could not produce a solid assessment of fraud, which the union Solidaires public finances, often quoted on the subject, estimates him to about 80 billion euros.
France, unlike many other countries, has never really worked on the subject
First, because she had little time. But especially because France, unlike many other countries, has never really worked on the subject. The balance sheet is a little better for the social contribution fraud, which the Central Agency of social security organizations (Acoss) estimated between 7 and 8.5 billion euros in 2018. A figure however undervalued according to the Court .
There is "a certain urgency" to better evaluate fraud, she warns, recognizing, however, that the phenomenon is "complex", in constant evolution, with the development of e-commerce that facilitates VAT fraud. internationalization of trade or new forms of work. But other major world economies are ahead of the game, with a regular assessment of fraud, she notes.