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Greece

έμμεσες τεχνικές ελέγχου — indirect audit techniques

Findings at a glance

  • Completeness of the data basis
  • Business-specific benchmark
  • Official benchmark tables

exceeded

Completeness of the data basisexceeded

Where taxpayers fail to produce their books and records, the authority may determine taxable income using indirect methods.

CitationKodikas Forologikis Diadikasias (N. 4174/2013)

What we provideA full census across all accounts, suppliers and product groups. No sampling is used; 100 per cent is the upper limit and cannot be exceeded by any method.

Further information — 2 axes

Business-specific benchmarkexceeded

The catalogue of methods includes the mark-up method and the unit-and-volume method — procedures built on sector figures.

CitationN. 4174/2013 · έμμεσες τεχνικές ελέγχου

What we provideThe calculation rests on the recipes and quantities of the audited business, not on an industry average.

Official benchmark tablesexceeded

Greece maintains a named catalogue of indirect audit techniques: mark-up, net worth, source and application of funds, unit and volume, bank deposits and cash expenditure.

CitationN. 4174/2013 · έμμεσες τεχνικές ελέγχου

What we provideThe actual mark-up of the business is determined and set against the official figure — with a reasoned classification.

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