Moroccan Tax Authorities Target Call Centers for Suspected Tax Evasion Scheme

According to the tax authorities, these companies were making suspicious fund transfers to their parent companies in Europe, reports Assabah, specifying that significant sums have been transferred at regular intervals, and justified as being services provided by the latter.

The multiplication and the amount of invoices denominated with similar services have aroused the suspicions of the tax inspectors who have multiplied the controls. Sources indicate that the amount of invoices under examination sometimes amounts to several million dirhams. A sum that would have been improperly transferred to the accounts of the parent companies by the call centers in question.

After verification, it turned out that the invoices presented in Morocco are inflated, thus reinforcing the hypothesis of capital flight and consequently tax evasion. As a result, the Tax Directorate has decided to extend tax audits to several companies in other sectors, to detect cases of misappropriation of funds.