Minors were also on a controversial ‘black list’ of possible fraudsters from the Tax Authorities. This is what responsible State Secretary Hans Vijlbrief reports to the House of Representatives. He asks how and why these young people ended up in the FSV fraud detection system.
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“There are a number of possible explanations for why minors can stand independently in FSV,” writes Vijlbrief. “For example, if there is holiday work or a side job that has led to a risk signal.” He promises to inform the House further if he has ‘more clarity’. This concerns almost 1800 young people, of whom more than 1000 are still minors.
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Vijlbrief further acknowledges that the Tax and Customs Administration made a mistake in informing these young people. A number of them received a letter themselves, while the legal representative should have been informed. The state secretary promises to correct that mistake and also apologize for it.
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Abolished
The FSV fraud system has since been abolished because it violated privacy legislation. People could be included in it at the slightest suspicion of fraud, without their knowledge. And once they were on the list, the tax authorities assumed, without further review, that they were ‘not in good faith’.
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In any case, this meant that in the event of a debt with the tax authorities above EUR 10,000, they were automatically not eligible for debt counseling or a payment arrangement. Research has yet to show whether FSV has also been applied in other ways.
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Vijlbrief previously called the state of affairs ‘unacceptable’. He has researched how many people have suffered damage as a result of this method. The results are expected in September. There may be a compensation scheme, such as there is for victims in the childcare allowance affair.
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