Morocco Cracks Down on Tax-Evading Social Media Influencers

While some influencers have already reached an amicable agreement with the Directorate General of Taxes (DGI) and promised to comply with the law, others are still trying to escape the tax authorities. Faced with this observation, the tax administration is determined to put an end to tax impunity. It is now deploying significant resources to effectively combat fraud. The DGI now has access to data such as bank statements, etc. and obtains all the necessary evidence regarding the gap between the actual gains realized and those officially declared by the influencers.

"As far as I can remember, this is the first time I’ve learned that the tax authorities have direct access to taxpayers’ bank statements without even being the subject of a tax audit. This is really an unprecedented upstream control. This process could now be extended to other categories of taxpayers such as architects, lawyers, doctors... in case of understatement of their turnover," explains a tax professional to the newspaper L’Économiste.