Taxes. “RZ: The tax authorities are increasingly using tax provocations

In 2024, the tax office conducted 59.7 thousand. to buy checkingers and imposed fines at PLN 20.4 million. This is more than in previous years. – The treasury is increasingly using this possibility of controlling taxpayers and is becoming more and more effective – said “Rzeczpospolita” Piotr Juszczyk, tax advisor at Infakt.

The daily explains that the purchase of checking is the purchase of goods or services in order to verify whether the seller fulfills the fiscal obligations: registering transactions at the ticket office and issuing a receipt. – So such a tax provocation, also called controlled purchase. In this way, the tax office mainly controls the gastronomy, automotive, cosmetic, sports industries, and often checks sales in bazaars and marketplaces – said Piotr Juszczyk. He gave the example of the gym to which two ladies came last year. They had bags and sports outfits. They bought two disposable tickets and when they did not get receipts, they pulled out business ID cards. This ended with a fine for a gym employee in the amount of PLN 500. “This year it would probably be 1000 PLN,” he reserved. In 2022, the treasury carried out almost 56.5 thousand. to buy verifiers, during which she imposed about 13.5 thousand. penalty fines for a total amount of almost PLN 18.2 million. During these actions she spent (it is about amounts she no longer recovered) less than 700 thousand. zloty. In 2023 there were over 58.3 thousand. to buy such and over 13,000 penalty fines for almost PLN 19.2 million. Non -returnable expenses are less than 625 thousand. zloty. In 2024, 59.7 thousand were carried out. thous. to buy verifiers, during which officials imposed 18 thousand. penal fines for a total amount of PLN 20.4 million. They spent 964 thousand PLN – calculated “Rz”.

Experts emphasize that the successful checking of the checking can only mean the beginning of the entrepreneur's problems. The next step will be a classic control, during which the company's settlements will be thoroughly x -rayed.