Enough with the spectacular raids in Cortina and Capri style: to flush out the tax evaders theInland Revenue wants one greater possibility of access to bank current accounts. “We have always asked for it – he said Rossella Orlandi, tax number one, in an interview published today in La Repubblica -, it is now possible to make an analysis of the cases reported as at risk of evasion, but at the moment it is excluded massive use. That's what we need, but the promised package has been on hold for two years. The obstacle at the moment is the protection of privacy: but whoever invokes it forgets that all the data is processed by Sogei, an intrusion-proof computer fort. No one will be able to make improper use of sensitive data, that's for sure".
In 2014 “we recovered 14,2 billion euros – he added – and our program envisages reducing the tax-gap by one point a year, ie the difference between what should be collected and what actually enters the budget. But we need adequate standards”.
In any case, the taxman has “changed attitude, following the objectives that we have set ourselves – concluded Orlandi – to make everyone pay taxes; support taxpayers by making honest ones feel our collaboration and distracted or dishonest ones our presence; combat economic crime which represents serious damage to the country in terms of growth and competition".
