Taxes will analyze tax debts over 1,000 lekë, when the car is at risk of seizure

Businesses and individuals who have unpaid tax liabilities over 1,000 lek should consider paying them off, as they risk being subjected to a detailed audit, a process that is applied to forcefully collect debts that have been unpaid for a long time.

Tax authorities claim that unpaid tax liabilities worth over 1,000 lek, for which a risk analysis is conducted, include all types of taxes collected by the tax administration, such as social and health insurance contributions, VAT, Income Tax, Wage Tax, etc.

But failure to pay tax obligations for a long time, beyond the legal deadline, can lead to the seizure of the vehicle.

The Tax Office explained that the car will not be seized for just 1,000 lek unpaid, but for any debt that is above this amount and has been unpaid for years, the Tax Office begins a special risk analysis to determine the measures to be taken.

Taxes already have an agreement with the Road Transport Service and can immediately check whether debtors have a vehicle in their name.

This helps them react faster. Following the agreement signed between the General Directorate of Taxes (GDT) and the Directorate of Road Transport Services (DSHTRR), taxes are now able to record data on debtors' assets in real time.

"The novelty of the signed agreement is the real-time recording of data on the vehicle of tax debtors, unlike before, where information was obtained through letters sent to the DPSHTRR.

"After sending the letter, information about the debtor's vehicle was made available after 1 or 2 weeks. With the signed agreement, the data is automatically generated in the system," Taxes claim.

But the seizure of the car for taxes, after the issuance of the executive title that is executed by the bailiffs, does not come immediately.

According to the tax administration, the debtor is sent successive notifications reminding them to pay the obligation. If, after the notifications, no measures are taken for payment, a notification of mortgage lien and insurance lien is sent, informing them that the vehicle at their disposal will be seized for the unpaid tax.

Also, the Tax Administration previously called on all citizens and businesses that conduct purchase-sale transactions for used vehicles to exercise caution and verify the tax status of the vehicle owner before finalizing the deal.

Any vehicle owned by a debtor taxpayer (i.e. one that has unpaid obligations to the state) may be subject to security measures, such as blocking or seizure by the Tax Authority.

In such cases, according to the tax administration, the sales transaction may result in invalidity./Monitor