Financial police strikes: Millions of millions against tax fraud in Austria!

Financial police strikes: Millions of millions against tax fraud in Austria!

Wien, Österreich - The financial police carried out impressive measures against tax evasion and illegal gambling in 2023. A total of 27,000 controls were carried out, which led to a penalty volume of 23.7 million euros. This is the result of a targeted procedure and a high amount of information from the population, as reported to the Federal Ministry of Finance . Special focus was on labor market controls, in which 20.1 million euros were estimated in punishments, and the fight against illegal gambling with 3.6 million euros in advertisements.

shocking revelations and arrests

In the third quarter alone, 13,572 employees and 5,982 companies were checked for any violations, which resulted in 1,958 criminal applications, according to 5min.at . The most common violations included the foreign work law and the general social security law. This also became clear during special controls, for example during the Coldplay concert in Vienna, where 154 people were checked. The financial police found numerous violations and secured a total of 4,000 euros.

In particular during controls by cleaning companies and in the catering sector, frightening methods were uncovered, such as fake companies that were responsible for the labor and employed them illegally. As part of these controls, there were several arrests from foreign employees without the necessary residence permits. The financial police continued to focus on risk -oriented focus controls to protect Austria's economic interests and to ensure fair competition.