Revealing data so far obtained from countries parties to the OECD Automatic Exchange of Information standard, the tax authority said on Wednesday that a total of 23,021 accounts of Slovenian tax residents were registered with banks abroad.
Only 8.6% were registered in Slovenia, but FURS noted that not all accounts have to be registered with Slovenian authorities under law.
According to FURS, 13,696 of the identified residents are individuals who have a total of EUR 312.4m on their accounts abroad.
Almost two-fifths of them are ranked in the lowest income bracket at home, which translates into EUR 850 gross in monthly earnings. Over 100 owe more than EUR 1,500 in tax debt and 44 of these tax debtors have registered their accounts with the authorities on their own.
Those found to be in violation of the law are looking at fines ranging from EUR 200 to EUR 1,200 for individuals, from EUR 800 and EUR 10,000 for sole proprietors, and from EUR 1,200 to EUR 30,000 for companies.
FURS obtained the data as part of the first automatic exchange of information in which 50 of the 98 countries parties to the standard took part. Most data about accounts came from Croatia (7,430), followed by Germany (6,288), Italy (4,757) and Austria (1,409).
