The Tax Administration warned construction businesses that anyone who understates employee salaries will be subject to an in-depth investigation, including the origin of the money.
Through a letter sent to builders who have been identified as at risk by the system, the administration has informed them that transactions with suspicious sources will be investigated in cooperation with other law enforcement agencies.
These measures come within the framework of the implementation of the Sectoral Plan for the Construction and Increase of Social Security Contributions. According to the Taxes, starting from January 16, the administration has started field inspections.
Below is the message that Taxes has sent to taxpayers identified as at risk in the Construction sector;
Dear Sir/Madam
The Tax Administration has begun implementing the plan in the Construction Sector (Construction process and its auxiliary activities), with the aim of raising taxpayer awareness, but also measures for real and timely declaration of tax obligations.
The Tax Administration has data about you, obtained from the APT, local government bodies, real estate agencies, tax returns, monthly payrolls, self-declared fiscalized invoices, what your suppliers declare for supplies of goods and services to you, etc.
The Tax Administration encourages you to fulfill your obligation regarding:
· Declaration of each employee employed
· Real declaration of salaries based on profession and labor market *
· For each sale/transaction carried out by you, issuing fiscalized invoices with NIVF/NSLF (including prepayments)
· Purchase of any goods/services with a regular tax invoice
· Accurate declaration of data in the Taxpayer register
· Accurate declaration of premises rental contracts
· Using only certified fiscalization software
Failure to comply with the above points and any non-compliance with the purpose of tax avoidance that is noted in the Tax Administration's analyses, categorizes you as a risk subject, therefore verification and monitoring actions will be taken by the Tax Administration structures.
While the failure to declare employees and the under-declaration of their salaries is considered a serious violation as it undermines the guarantee of social security and pensions. For this purpose, in-depth investigations and controls will be undertaken against every taxpayer assessed with this risk for every process of their activity, including transactions with suspicious sources of income in cooperation with other law enforcement agencies.
We remain confident that you will appreciate and understand this call, which aims not only to reduce informality in the economy, but also to establish social justice towards your employees. / Kapitali.al