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“The new vehicle owner declaration system will help the tax administrator to more effectively combat one of the biggest evils in the sector: hidden intermediaries, which not only involve residents in tax evasion schemes, but also force unsuspecting shoppers contribute to counterfeiting, “says Rolandas Puncevičius, senior advisor to the ITS Control Department.
According to him, by agreeing to sign the “kaufer”, the resident also loses all guarantees regarding the quality of the car, the buyer of the car may have to explain the circumstances of the purchase of the car, be responsible for getting rid of the forgings. documents.
“Used car buyers should be aware of the threats posed by the completion of the transaction by signing a counterfeit foreign purchase agreement. When buying a car from a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania, it is necessary to check whether the vehicle has an SDK and is correct, and not to sign a purchase and sale agreement abroad, as if the car were bought directly from a foreigner ” , R Puncevičius recalls.
The STI recalls that before September 1. A tolerance period is applied, during which the control authorities will seek not to sanction but to warn, to help correct errors, to provide information on the new vehicle owner registration procedure.
This does not mean that the control authorities do not carry out inspections. There is a wide range of checks: road hauliers are inspected and individual vehicles are stopped on the roads. Specialists visit car markets and other outlets, conduct ad analysis on online portals.
For example, in cooperation with the police and the Customs Department, the Lithuanian Transport Security Administration has already carried out 19 road inspections. During the inspections at the sales sites, just over 2.1 thousand. cars. About a thousand. the car had a published SDK code. Vendors that do not publish an SDK have been notified of the violation.
He is also actively working in the online space. Currently, CTI specialists have already identified more than 1.5 thousand. people who placed more than 2.5 thousand in various advertising portals. Ads and not SDK. Individuals who do not specify an SDK code in online advertisements will receive calls from an automated caller in the near future, reminding them of the obligation to provide the SDK in advertisements.
In recent years, the STI has paid particular attention to the control of the used car trade sector. 2018-2020 control activities in this sector have identified around 4.8 million additional taxes to be paid. According to the assessment of the Lithuanian VAT gap for 2018 by the Center of Competence for Risk Analysis, Modeling and Management and Kaunas University of Technology, the VAT gap in the field of car trading amounted to 38 million LTL . euros.
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