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The information was released Friday by the Business . In relation to what was already known, it is added that the government decided to include these limits in the decree itself, after the enlargement of the criticism about the disproportion of information that would be concerned.
According to the paper, the minimum threshold for the communication of data already would be part of the original plans, but for Finance he should appear only on an ordinance that will regulate the issue.
Finance Ministry source quoted in the edition of Friday’s Business Journal , argued that below 50 thousand euros, less risk of tax evasion.
“Disproportionality”
In an interview with RTP3, Isabel Cristina Cruz, secretary general and spokesman of the National Commission Data Protection, has ensured that the organization maintains all the issues raised in relation to the diploma.
“What is important to realize is that the tax administration must demonstrate the need to access this information to fulfill their duties. And that’s missing. It is not demonstrated the need to access this information. Second, is not at all balanced, proportionate, that for all citizens who have accounts in this amount is necessary to access the accounts, while in 99 percent of cases, I say, people do not go to escape the tax authorities, “adds Isabel Cruz.
“If all the people who have accounts of 50,000 euros or above this amount will be reported to the tax authority without any suspicion, any evidence that may be facing a non-compliance to the tax authorities, there are of course facing a disproportionate situation. ”
In the opinion given to the government draft, dated 5 July, the Commission relies on a decision of the European Court of Justice sees it as “unnecessary and excessive” access and widespread treatment personal data without suspicion or accusation of “serious offenses”. The DPA specifies that access to bank accounts in these terms would be a “clear violation” of the Constitution.
The general secretary of the ICPD also points out that the legislation in question brings together three issues, including the data communication agreement to the United States, the transposition of a European directive of automatic exchange of information and legislation to the Portuguese Tax Authority.
Isabel Cristina Cruz stresses that “the policy expressly rejected this criterion of the amount, just considering that this could be a way of escape. It would be enough that people could have 49,000 accounts, 49,000, 49,000, which would no longer be reported. And so the question of the amount was clearly rejected. Naturally, Data Protection, the only thing we have here is a different universe of people. The substantive issues, which is to demonstrate the suitability and necessity of this information to the tax authorities without any suspicion of tax evasion involving citizens, remain in full “.
according to the United States
The vice president of the Association Civic Transparency and Integrity, for its part, considered that the measure goes in the right direction.
Daniel Belo – Antena 1 The Ministry of Finance has confirmed to Antena 1 that banks will be required to report to the tax authorities the balances of over 50 thousand euro bills. Applicable to residents value is chosen to be similar to that resulting from the scope of the agreement with the United States (which are $ 50,000)
Rita Soares. – Antena 1
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