Objectives
PROTAX aim to identify different approaches to tax crimes in six different countries, by means of case studies focusing on legal methods, prosecution techniques, convictions and impact on future policy and the roles of the various involved actors.
Description of Work
The case studies illustrate:
Objectives
As part of this work package, PROTAX holds a set of focus groups in most or all Member States. Partners have invited tax authorities, those who prosecute tax crimes and relevant enablers. The purpose of the focus groups is to gather empirical data from the participants, which can be used for a comparative analysis of the different legislative and institutional approaches to tax crimes (developed in WP3).
Description of Work
Objectives
In this work package, PROTAX describes tax crime and its varied treatment across the Member States, identifying best practices and making recommendations to reduce tax crime and deter enablers (accountants, auditors, banks, associations).
Description of work
Objectives
In this work package, PROTAX uses the data assembled in WPs 1, 2 and 3 to perform a gap analysis in order to:
Description of work
PROTAX investigates obstacles and best practices as regards information-sharing in the context of combating tax crimes, in order to:
Description of work
PROTAX promotes new strategies to overcome obstacles and share existing best practices across the EU. This research allows partners to:
On the basis of this research, PROTAX goal is to create a report of evidence-based and context-sensitive best practices.
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In conducting this research, PROTAX addresses data protection, privacy, ethical and social issues arising from prosecution of tax crimes as they have been met in the course of the project, in case studies and focus groups.
Description of work
Objectives
This work package focuses on:
Description of work
PROTAX develops a toolkit to help policy-makers to identify:
PROTAX understands the toolkits and methodologies developed as a living set of solutions and suggestions which will be available through an information-sharing platforms.
Partners’ work leads also to the development of a toolkit for LEAs and tax authorities providing relevant information such as:
PROTAX is able to offer a risk assessment methodology that is specific to tax crimes, providing practitioners with a checklist of suspicious behaviour and warning signs indicating a tax crime or money laundering.
The creation, optimisation and exploitation of the resources generated within PROTAX see a direct engagement of law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, policy-makers and other relevant stakeholders.
Objectives
Developing realistic scenarios, PROTAX demonstrates step-by-step how information-sharing, investigative tools, and legal processes are involved in dealing with tax crimes.
Description of work
The research developed aim to:
Objectives
In this work package partners outline the strategy to identify relevant stakeholders’ communities, key messages and the various activities in order to ensure the take-up of the project’s results by key stakeholders, including the general public, during and after the project.
Description of work
Elaborate and initiate implementation of a dissemination and exploitation plan, indicating:
Elaborate and implement the project’s communications plan with an emphasis on showing the public how tax authorities are tackling tax crime.
Establish an online and media presence, via the website, social media, videos and reaching out to specialised press and media outlets for the general public.
This work package is dedicated to:
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