The tax service has started using artificial intelligence for audits, according to media reports.
In the Tula region, the tax authorities assessed Svetofor 147 million rubles in arrears and almost bankrupted the local legal entity, but found about 396 errors in the audit report. Inspectors deemed the August 2021 supply contract fictitious because the supplier manager allegedly volunteered for temporary military service in January 2021, even though it only started in 2022. The tax service increased the cucumber shortage by 11 kg to 689 kg.
Lawyers suspect the report was generated by a neural network and not properly verified by a human. They are currently handling 30 similar complaints from seven regions.