Tax Authorities Crack Down on Nationwide False Invoice Fraud Scheme

"Today, thanks to the digitalization of the tax administration and the intelligent processing of data that allows tracing the commercial relationship between supplier and customer, it is possible to assess the extent of the problem of false invoices: the finding is that no sector of activity, nor any region of the country, is spared!", assures the Directorate General of Taxes to Médias24.

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It has therefore initiated legal proceedings in Fez, Oujda, Rabat, Casablanca and Beni Mellal. According to sources within the tax administration, the DGI has joined the civil party in 89 complaints involving more than 270 defendants.

"The scale that the phenomenon is taking on is considerable," notes the tax administration. Faced with this finding, it is embarking on a process of regionalizing the referral to the public prosecutor’s office. "This regionalization is more of a necessity than a choice, given the very legal framework that governs it," it is explained.