Thursday, September 08, 2022

Undeclared swimming pools: their hunt with AI has already brought in 10 million euros for the French tax authorities. Really!

This seems to be a disturbing and expanding trend among national tax authorities! When tax authorities spy on your private property!

When tax authorities use AI to exploit a particular quirk in the tax law, here the presence and declaration of private uncovered swimming pools, then one ought to start wondering what is next. Not to mention that home owners will quickly seek to hide or cover up their pools.

Maybe it is time for profound tax code reforms in the 21st century. Make it simple and straight forward, based on broad tax bases and remove most of the historical garbage, accidents, and quixotic rules.

Piscines non déclarées : leur traque a déjà rapporté 10 millions d’euros au fisc - Le Parisien

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