The event filled the internet with posts and activated the special software
A very big deal tax evasion the auditors of AADE found, using information they found on social media. Reason one Marriage which was organized with all the luxury and filled the internet with posts.
The viewing of the wedding activated the special software and the team of auditors of AADE that scans the social media. With the help of the special algorithm, the auditors began to identify one by one the contributors to the wedding and the reception that followed.
So, they put it under the microscope and found the following in the AADE database:
- The famous singer, who sang at the wedding party, did not submit an invoice through myDATA for this appearance. In addition, he was found, in previous years, to declare incomes of around 10,000 euros, when, on his personal Facebook page, there are numerous appearances of him in nightclubs throughout Greece.
- The person who undertook the planning of the wedding (wedding planner) – who presents himself as a surname planner and that he participates in a company that organizes wedding receptions and baptisms – he does not participate in any business for tax purposes, nor has he started an activity through a sole proprietorship. Essentially, it operates professionally through a relative’s business, the business of which is related to the organization of wedding receptions. However, no document appears to have been issued for wedding reception planning services. The person in question does not declare any income, not even from hired services. The relative declared gross income of 20,000 for 2022.
- The bridal company he does not appear to have issued a receipt for the clothes he made. For the time that the wedding took place, ten receipts are issued, with an average amount of 300 euros, a value that is generally far from that of a daily rental. The same image (indeed with even smaller average sizes) prevails for the entire year, while its Facebook page shows the provision of clothing for a large number of weddings and baptisms with an obviously different budget. The company has accumulated losses of more than 160,000 euros, from 2018 onwards.
- The estate where the wedding took place, has issued a document in the amount of 3,000 euros on the date of the marriage. Since 2019, when the company started, it has accumulated losses of more than 200,000 euros (every use is loss-making). He appears to be renting a property, with an annual rent exceeding 55,000 euros.
- The sole trader of the wedding cake appears to have issued a €1,000 document which, due to the date of issue, is possibly related to the wedding. However, it is a business of making cupcakes and especially impressive/themed desserts and cakes for birthdays, weddings and christenings, which despite its strong recognition through its social media presence, it has never shown profits since its operation, but instead accumulates losses, over 300,000 euros. On each of her income tax returns from 2019 onwards, to justify the individual’s expenditure, either the capital consumption code, the asset sale/borrowing code, or both have been filled in.
- The business provided the tableware of the reception does not have a cash register, nor does it transmit data via myDATA. So there is no transmission of any document related to the wedding reception. For 2022, it showed a turnover of less than 6,000 euros and a loss of around 9,000 euros, at the time when it appears from the company’s social media page that it has undertaken the highly aesthetic “art de la table” at a number of receptions.
- The hair salon that edited the bride’s hairstyle does not have a tax mechanism. Only some invoices to businesses emerge from MyDATA, so even in this case there are no indications of pricing for the services provided to the bride. The websites maintained by the company on social media contain a multitude of wedding hairstyles, which the company has undertaken. Her tax returns for the last three years show no income.
- The sole proprietorship he undertook the bride’s makeup she does not appear to have issued a certificate for her services. She maintains a personal website, which shows a completely different picture of her real income, while her Instagram page shows a lot of work she has undertaken in the past. On her personal page she shows samples of her work from 15 weddings (mostly held outside of Athens – Mykonos, Paros, Costa Navarino, Porto Heli), for which she was asked to provide make-up services. In general, she seems to deal exclusively with high-budget weddings/events, which is in complete contrast to the amount of her declared income. Characteristically, in 2022, he declared a gross income (turnover) of just over 8,000 euros.
- From the flowershop a document of 490 euros has been issued which may be related to the wedding, due to the date. The company declared gross revenue of 239,000 euros in 2022, with operating losses of just under 10,000 euros. At the same time, however, he owns around 10 trucks of very large capacity which he apparently uses for deliveries and deliveries. The business owner also maintains a personal website that showcases his sophisticated style of floral arrangements and his involvement in luxury destination weddings, which is made even more apparent by visiting his Instagram page. The tax returns, which he submitted for the last three years, are practically devoid of income.
- The jewelry store from which the wedding ring was purchased does not transmit sales data, neither via eSend, nor via myDATA. Consequently, no evidence was found for the ring, which was said to be of great value. The total sum of the gross income of the business from 2017 onwards is about 3,000 euros and apparently the owner’s declarations are practically devoid of income. However, the owner’s Instagram page shows the sale of a lot of jewelry and pre-owned Rolexes.
- The sole proprietorship that undertook the photography does not use a cash register and myDATA does not show the transmission of a service provision document for the photography services it offered at the wedding. On the company’s website, which has been awarded for the quality of its work, there are many photos of receptions that it has covered in an extremely professional style. The gross income he declares from 2017 onwards varies between about 8,500 and 11,000. In the 2022 declaration, in order to justify the purchase of a property of approximately 200,000 euros, he filled in an amount of capital consumption greater than what appears from the AADE file.
- The musician who played at the party has started in 2021 and from his personal facebook pages it seems that he has appeared in a particularly large number of events and concerts. Cumulatively, the income of the sole proprietorship for 2021 and 2022 is just under 7,000 euros, with a cumulative loss of around 6,000 euros. He also declares approximately 15,000 euros (cumulative for both the above years) as income from salaried work. From the data transmitted to myDATA, it does not appear that a document was issued for his presence at the wedding.
- The wedding DJ He has been on hiatus from his sole proprietorship since 2011 and does not participate in any company. Despite appearing on social media as a DJ at numerous events, his reported income from employment for 2022 and 2021 is just over 3,000 euros, while for 2020 and 2019 it is under 2,000 euros.
- The person who decorated the wedding reception area with balloons appears as the manager of a business, which operates under an unknown tax regime, while the person is neither self-employed nor part of any company. He does not declare income, despite the rich photographic material of places, the decoration of which he seems to have taken care of.
- The sole proprietorship that promoted the wedding did not appear to forward a receipt to the couple for its services.
In conclusion, after the digital crossovers, the tax picture of all contributors was more or less the same: Almost all of them have a lot of posts from all kinds of lavish receptions that they have participated in professionally, but they either show very low annual incomes, or they show big losses. Almost none of the contributors were issued a certificate for their services at the wedding.
All of the above marriage contributors have already received the tax audit initiation notices.
