Seven out of ten Spaniards admit to the Treasury that there is more fraud after the pandemic

Despite the fact that covid-19 has promoted card payments to the detriment of cash - which in the worst moments of the pandemic involved a physical contact dangerous to health -

believe that this has not been enough to avoid an

According to the study 'Opinions and fiscal attitudes of Spaniards in 2020' prepared by the

, attached to the Ministry of Finance, seven out of ten Spaniards believe that fraud activity has increased due to the pandemic: 40% consider that it has increased somewhat, while 30% believe that it has grown a lot.

This represents a

compared to recent years.

Between 2008 and 2017, the Treasury observed that more and more people thought that tax fraud was increasing, but since 2017 there has been a decrease and the number of Spaniards who think that there is less and less fraud is increasing.

In 2020, however, it returns to figures similar to 2008.

"Most of the citizens consider that

, as highlighted not only by the historical series, but also by the data obtained in this Barometer", explains the Institute.

According to the study, all groups believe that the

is growing and are convinced that "there are certain groups that regularly and systematically defraud the Public Treasury" such as "

, liberal professionals and self-

workers

."

It is curious that it is the entrepreneurs surveyed by the Institute who consider that they themselves are the ones who defraud the most, something that the organization describes as "

".

"Those groups who are attributed a more dishonest tax behavior show a certain degree of self-criticism. As has already been seen,

, with the rest of the mentions being distributed among the others groups. Being more than half of the group of interviewed businessmen who think that it is their group that disappoints the most (self-criticism awareness) ", they point out.

25% justify the existence of fraud

The

are the reasons most common in explaining tax fraud by respondents, but also allude to excessive

of fraudsters or the fact that the

16% believe that "if no tax was paid, we would all live better."

In 2020, ideas such as that the fight against fraud is not effective take a greater role than other editions and it is also striking that almost

respondents

the existence of fraud in one way or another.

"This justification tends to be based on a

is the circumstances that force defrauding to get ahead (for 22.8%), rather than on a structural argument: the normal thing is to evade taxes (for 6, 2%) ", they detail.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies also verifies with this report that the majority of citizens think that the

between

in Spain is

than that existing in other EU countries.

The service that most justifies the payment of taxes continues to be

(51%).

At the same time, it is also the service that presents the greatest room for improvement, despite being in its opinion the best managed, with the greatest accessibility and the most appropriate to the taxes that are paid.

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