Tax fraud: Informants can now be paid

<p class&equals;"hat"><span class&equals;"hat-summary">In this way, the government hopes to combat more effectively French taxpayers with undeclared assets abroad&amp;&amp;num;8230&amp;semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p>Remuneration for tax whistle-blowers is now authorized&amp;period; A decree on whistle-blowers resulting from the latest French Finance Act has made this experiment possible&amp;comma; since April 24&amp;comma; for a period of two years&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p>For the government, the aim is to ensure a more effective fight against international tax fraud&amp;period; "Many European countries pay these people"&amp;comma; justifies the text&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<h2>The text insists on the quality of denunciation<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;<p>The right to denounce is open to any private individual, apart from civil servants, who can report to the tax authorities facts concerning a French resident with undeclared assets abroad, reports the business daily <em>Les Echos<&sol;em>Bank accounts, life insurance, capitalization contracts and trusts are all concerned;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p>The text insists on the quality of the information provided&amp;period; informers must send "serious and accurately described facts to the tax authorities&amp;period; this information is likely to justify the start of an investigation to corroborate and verify the veracity of the alleged facts&amp;period; in order to identify the fraudulent procedure and the tax stakes involved"&amp;comma; specifies the decree&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p>However, the text makes no mention of the amount of remuneration, and it will be up to the Director General of Public Finances to set the price of information of "fiscal interest to the State"&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;20minutes&period;fr&sol;economie&sol;2060587-20170502-fraude-fiscale-informateurs-peuvent-desormais-etre-remuneres">Source<&sol;a><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;