Banks came under tax pressure: fines for mistakes before the Federal Tax Service increased 29 times.
Banks are used to reminding customers of any delay, blocking transactions and requiring them to provide documents immediately. Now it turns out that the credit institutions themselves are not always able to meet the state's requirements on time.
Thus, in the months of January-August, the banks paid 553 million rubles in fines for delays and errors in transferring information to the tax service. This is 29 times more than in the same period last year.
According to the law, banks have only 3 business days to provide the Federal Tax Service with the necessary information about accounts. Violate the deadline, make a mistake - fine. And the tax office, judging by the statistics, uses this tool more and more.
The banks paid another 33 million rubles for non-compliance with decisions to limit transactions in accounts. Here the growth is almost fivefold. Had to pay an additional 19 million rubles for late execution of orders to collect tax debts from citizens and businesses (an increase of almost 6 times, from 3.2 million rubles).
It is evident that the data indicate a change in the tax inspection method itself. The Federal Tax Service strengthens supervision, automates debt collection and achieves the ability to quickly identify violations.
Tax changes also create an additional burden: banks need to quickly rebuild internal processes, exchange large amounts of information and fulfill more and more requirements. But an explanation does not negate responsibility.
Therefore, if the Federal Tax Service continues to automate control, the cost of organizational mistakes for banks will only increase.