Must stop millionsnyd: Now bilfirmaer no longer even do this

In the years bileksportører as so-called selvanmeldere even been able to assess the value of old cars for export. Subsequently, they have been able to send a claim for Tax reimbursement of the corresponding registration fee.

But the scheme gave the opportunity to fraudsters exploited the confidence to tell an artificially inflated price to the Tax to get more money paid.

More revelations showed numerous examples of that bileksportører have reported the value of exported cars at inflated prices.

Now informs Motorstyrelsen so in a press release that they are ready to take over the manager position from 1. July, why, then, one will no longer use the selvanmelderordningen.

the Danish Parliament decided in 2019, to selvanmelderordningen exports must cease. It means that Motorstyrelsen must deal with far more cases than previously.

- We have hired more employees to carry out valuations, and they've got a thorough training from experienced colleagues. I am convinced, exporters will experience that the employees have prepared themselves thoroughly on the task, says director Jens Otto Størup from Motorstyrelsen.

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Selvanmelderordningen was abolished as part of the political agreement from 2019, after the several times was revealed that there was a fraudulent scheme.

In 2016, there was for example revealed cheats for 36,6 million dkk. This corresponds to over 14,000 kr. for each and every car that was controlled in 2016.

Jens Otto Størup, adding that Motorstyrelsen look forward to a constructive cooperation with the exporters, who can expect an efficient handling of cases. This is due, among other things, to Motorstyrelsen after summer takes the tool Estimatic - a semiautomatic værdifastsætter - in use. Estimatic to support the work to værdifastsætte vehicles and help to make the processing time shorter and create a more uniform handling of cases.

Motorstyrelsen has also launched several measures to ensure that the rules in the area being observed. Several vehicles are called in for inspection, kontroltrykket is increased, and it is made toldsyn of all the cars that have been exported. There is also taken the initiative to step up sanctions if the rules are not being complied with.

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