France to fight tax avoidance by analysing social media data
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With the help of a law, France enacted last month, designed to strengthen the authorities’ capacities to fight tax fraud and permit a wider use of online data to support fiscal controls, French tax administrators will be able to recognise potential frauds by analysing publicly-available data on individuals’ social media accounts. Budget Minister Gerald Darmanin said that the pilot project will start in early 2019.