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Germany loses billions annually to VAT fraud and fails to recover the funds

Erwin Hitzler

22d ago· 2 min readdeNews

finance politics tax fraud vat fraud

Summary

Germany is losing billions of euros annually due to VAT (Umsatzsteuer) fraud, a problem far larger than the well-known Cum-Ex scandal. The article highlights that despite the massive scale of this tax theft, Germany fails to effectively defend itself or recover the lost funds, which could theoretically be reclaimed.

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Täglich wird Deutschland beklaut: „Cum-Ex ist lächerlich dagegen“

Deutschland wird jährlich um Milliarden betrogen und wehrt sich nicht

Das Geld ließe sich eigentlich zurückholen.

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Deutschland wird jedes Jahr um Milliarden Euro erleichtert – mit Abzocke bei der Umsatzsteuer. Das Geld ließe sich eigentlich zurückholen.

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