"Normal bureaucrat behavior where they have a problem with 10% of the people and the politicians do not have the guts, and the bureaucrats do not have the ability to fix the actual problem so they demonize the whole population to fix their problem"
Very6 well said. They are just demonizing the whole population, including children, nuns, footballers and social security recipients in order to try to detect a handful of tax evaders owing billions of euros in taxes.
"Between June 2012 and 2015 it is estimated that the Spanish tax office has collected more than €40bn in its fight against tax fraud. These are the highest results of the fight against fraud in history and were due to a number of measures."
That is really choking. But wait because there is more to this bureaucratic madness.
"Data tracking The tax office analyses and cross-references this data to detect and prevent tax fraud. We produce a trail of data in our daily lives that can be used by the tax office for this specific purpose; for example if you are paid a salary, buy or sell a property, register a car – or even if you turn on the lights in your house.Electricity companies are obliged to provide information to the Hacienda regarding the electricity consumption of every property in Spain. This includes the name of the person on the invoice; the name of the holder of the bank account payments are made from; the property address and registration details; and the electricity usage. The authorities use this data to determine if a property that is declared as empty is in fact being rented out or used for business purposes, or if it is being declared as a primary residence when it is a secondary one. Electricity data can even catch people who are living in Spain permanently but have not registered as such and have not been paying tax in Spain . Highest fraud takings in history
