Recent scandals highlight the tension between AI and the fundamental rights of taxpayers, writes David Hadwick (University of Antwerp).
Unbeknownst to most practitioners revenue and customs authorities have been using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning for more than two decades to perform an enormous range of functions. In the European Union the tax administrations of every member state have integrated AI systems to (at least) operate core compliance processes.
The EU Fiscalis Network is an EU cooperation programme that enables national tax administrations to create and exchange information and expertise (see tinyurl.com/3t3c94uv). Since 2019 it has been deploying transaction network analysis by means of an AI real-time data matching system to detect missing trader fraud. Transaction network analysis is available to the tax administrations of all EU member states to cross-verify transactional data and check information against criminal records or the databases...
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Recent scandals highlight the tension between AI and the fundamental rights of taxpayers, writes David Hadwick (University of Antwerp).
Unbeknownst to most practitioners revenue and customs authorities have been using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning for more than two decades to perform an enormous range of functions. In the European Union the tax administrations of every member state have integrated AI systems to (at least) operate core compliance processes.
The EU Fiscalis Network is an EU cooperation programme that enables national tax administrations to create and exchange information and expertise (see tinyurl.com/3t3c94uv). Since 2019 it has been deploying transaction network analysis by means of an AI real-time data matching system to detect missing trader fraud. Transaction network analysis is available to the tax administrations of all EU member states to cross-verify transactional data and check information against criminal records or the databases...
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