Minister: We can get six billion back from tax fraud

A lax controls meant that a number of foreign companies in a number of years had the good fortune to hive 12.7 billion dollars out of the Danish treasury.

Money, which, according to the ministry of Taxation were not entitled to, because there was talk on the refund of withholding tax for shares they did not owned.

But there is hope to get part of money back in the treasury again.

At a news conference Tuesday makes has grown Karsten Lauritzen (V) interim status of efforts to recover the money.

And he expects that it is possible to scribble between 5.5 and 6 billion dollars through litigation, brought against a total of 470 persons and companies.

From this amount, however, must be deducted the 'significant cost' to the lawyers and other legal assistance.

And the minister's assurance that every effort is made to prevent that something similar can't happen again.

- today, there are ten times as many officers to control the area, than when the fraud was discovered.

- You can get far with hard work, even if you are up against crooks who can hire expensive lawyers, says Lauritzen at the press conference.

Here he told also, that one will also strengthen efforts to collect the money from the danes, who owes money to the general.

In all, one million people who have debts to the public, get a letter from the Tax the next time with the message to get the accounts up.

500,000 danes will also find that Gældsstyrelsen the possibility for their debt in connection with the collection of taxes.