Melons: "36.2 billion in tax evasion recovered, the highest figure ever"

“Today the data from the law enforcement activity of thetax evasion carried forward into 2025, some good news emerges: the sum recovered last year has reached record figure of 36.2 billion euros, the highest figure evermore than 43% more than in 2022 when the government took office”. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in a video message screened at the opening of the event at the Chamber for the 25th anniversary of the Revenue Agency.

“This means that in the three-year period 2022-2025 – he added – we have recovered over 100 billion euros, precious resources for keeping accounts in order and financing interventions for families and businesses”.

395 thousand checks arriving

With the opening of2026l’Revenue Agency e la Financial Policehave revealed the cards of an unprecedented strategy: an attack plan based on395,000 cross-checkswhich promises to radically change the relationship betweenState and taxpayer.

These are not random checks, but onesurgical selectionmade possible by a “technological brainiaccapable of digging into the folds of every budget. The one who moves the threads of this operation is theSogeithe technology arm ofMinistry of Economy. Thanks todigital toolsincreasingly advanced, the company constantly analyzes further200 databasescomparing in real timecurrent accounts, expenses incurred e declared revenues. The objective declared byPiao(Integrated Activity and Organization Plan) is ambitious,320 thousand tax assessmentsby the end of the year, to which the75 thousand targeted checks della Financial Police.

ISAs and taxpayer selection

The fulcrum of the selection is represented by theISA (Synthetic Reliability Indicators). It’s a real report card that assigns to everyoneVAT numbera grade from 1 to 10. From 8 or higher you are considered areliable taxpayer. The controls thin out and snapInteresting prizeslike theexemption from compliance visa per compensare VAT creditsup to 70,000 euros. Under the 6 the “red light” lights up. Alow score segnala anomalieswhich almost automatically attract the attention ofinspectors. Be careful, though: a low grade does not equate to a conviction forevasion. L’algorithmtakes the context into account and is able to distinguish, for example, whether a shop is located in the center of Milan or in a small provincial village, weighing revenues and costs differently. What makes the IRS suspicious? Themacroscopic imbalances. If a company declaresminimum revenues ma sostiene high expensesfor prestigious rentals or maintains a high number of employees, the system sends areport.