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Over six months, the head of the National Revenue Administration seized 192 bank accounts belonging to 39 suspected entities. In doing so, the authority seized 2.5 times more money in suspected entities’ accounts than in the whole of 2018, reports Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
Officials thus secured almost PLN 24.8 million, according to the latest data provided by former deputy head of the National Revenue Administration Paweł Cybulski in response to a parliamentary question. The data cover 1 January to 13 June 2019 and the results of using the Clearing House IT System, known as STIR.
Throughout last year, the tax authority secured PLN 10.2 million in blocked accounts belonging, as this year, to 39 suspected entities.
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Experts are impressed by these figures. It is hard to deny that the rate of growth is impressive. What is more, I would expect it to increase substantially in the future. The question, however, is how this will affect honest taxpayers, who may become accidental victims of the National Revenue Administration’s fight against fraudsters.
The STIR regulations have applied since 13 January 2018, and the head of the National Revenue Administration has been able to block an account since 30 April 2018. The authority may block an account for no longer than 72 hours if the estimated tax liability exceeds EUR 10,000.
Since 1 July, a change has applied under which a taxpayer whose account has been blocked may be notified by the bank or a cooperative savings and credit union. To receive the notification, however, the taxpayer must submit an appropriate request.
Another rule has applied since the beginning of July: blocks also cover term deposits. This should further increase the amount of funds seized, as term deposits were often used by tax criminals to transfer funds to settlement accounts.
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