In accordance with the Ministry of Finance, within the first three months of the yr the monetary police checked virtually 15,000 workers in round 7,100 firms within the struggle in opposition to tax evasion and social fraud. This resulted in virtually 2,100 prison expenses with a complete high quality of greater than 4.8 million euros.
Many of the offences concern violations of the Foreigners Employment Act (872), adopted by unlawful work (787) and the Wage and Social Dumping Combating Act (410).
Fines: 660,000 euros for Higher Austria
Within the first quarter of this yr, the best complete fines have been requested in Vienna (1.2 million euros), adopted by Decrease Austria with a million euros and Higher Austria with 660,000 euros. In absolute numbers, probably the most fines have been requested in Vienna (570), adopted by Higher Austria (339) and Decrease Austria (301).
Within the space of unlawful playing, 42 checks have been carried out and a complete of just regarding 750,000 euros in fines have been imposed in 32 prison complaints. It is a vital enhance in comparison with the identical interval final yr (492,000 euros), which is especially on account of a number of main instances within the Salzburg space.
The event within the space of bogus firms continues to be problematic. Within the first three months of this yr, 39 bogus firms have been recognized, in comparison with 28 in the identical interval final yr. A brand new anti-fraud legislation, which is at present being reviewed, is meant to assist counteract this growth.
