Companies don’t trust courts in tax matters

Deloitte’s second survey asked companies opinion on tax matter disputes and how they are settled in court. Two thirds of companies have already had tax authority rulings which they think was against the law. When such cases occur, half of the companies only make an appeal if the sum in question is big. Despite that courts reach a decision in tax matters quicker than the time tax authorities take to examine a case, 40 percent of firms are reluctant to go to court. Still, a considerable proportion of respondents have already asked the court to review rulings by the text authorities. At the same time a large proportion of companies decided not to use the opportunity of supervisory measures. In fact, fewer companies asked for such steps to be taken than in the last Deloitte survey that was conducted two years ago – in spite of the fact that in most cases the experiences were positive. n