French State Auditor Sees VAT Fraud at EU15b, Urges Crackdown

France’s state auditor, the Cour des Comptes, says Value Added Tax fraud amounts to around EU15 billion a year and that the government needs to improve efforts to combat all types of tax fraud.

• Government requested Cour des Comptes report into measuring tax fraud in France in May in response to Yellow Vest protests
  • It was impossible to establish “solid” estimation of all tax fraud in a few months, Cour des Comptes says
• Results of fighting tax fraud are diminishing despite substantial efforts in recent years
  • Says coordination between different national administrations is too weak and that legal action remains ...