MIGRANTS AND THE GOVERNMENT FRAUD ENGIN ERKINER
Türkçe English Deutsch Italiano Français Ελληνικά Kurdî Español MIGRANTS AND STATE FRAUD Engin Erkiner The information described here applies to Germany. There are similar rules in other European countries, but I am not as familiar with them as in Germany. In Germany there is social assistance, for which you must not have significant savings. In addition, you must not have any immovable property, such as a house, in your previous country and you must not have any income there. For an unknown but not insignificant number of Turks, this rule has not applied for many years. They receive social assistance in Germany and own property in Turkey. Everyone living in Germany is a taxpayer and must declare all income in and outside the country. If there is income in Turkey, it must be reported to the German tax authorities. There is no double taxation, i.e. if income is taxed in one country, it is not taxed in another country. Turkish people have not followed this rule for years. The situation would first come to light in the case of remittances via Ziraat Bank. It should be added that Germany has appointed a trustee to this bank on charges of money laundering. When the remittances from the bank were analysed, it was seen that some people receiving social assistance in Germany had sent large sums of money. Naturally, the finance asked about the source of the money and imposed heavy fines. Subsequently, Turkey and Germany - and other European countries - signed a mutual wealth declaration agreement. According to this agreement, Turkey was obliged to provide information about the movable and immovable assets of its citizens living in European countries. When the agreement was concluded, Turkish tax experts announced that Turkish citizens living in Germany, but also in other countries, who had not reported their income in Turkey for years, would face major problems. Now, heavy tax penalties have started to be imposed on Turks. This situation will continue. Those who earn large sums of money illegally no longer send it to Turkey by remittance. Every year about several million euros are seized at Serbian customs. When travelling by car to Turkey, the money is found and confiscated even though it is hidden in secret compartments. The fact that the thin strip of paper money is visible in the X-ray machine has not been recognised, although several people have been caught. Similar cases will probably occur again in the summer months. Every person has to declare at customs any money over 10,000 euros, any excess is confiscated. It can be said that Turkish people make a good contribution to the Serbian economy. The obligation to declare income outside the country also applies to German citizens. It is known that some Germans with high incomes have deposited their deposits in Swiss banks in order to pay less tax. In the past years, the finance departments of several states have paid large sums of money to buy German accounts in Swiss banks as CDs. With the penalties imposed, they have more than recovered this money. In previous years, when tax fines were imposed, we used to hear the statement "our state does not protect us, it denounces us". You commit an economic crime in the country you live in, and then you complain when you are caught... Some immigrants are like that!
