Argentina tax authorities use Google Earth to increase take
Argentina’s tax authorities are using
satellite images generated on the Internet by Google Earth to track down
fraud.
Argentina’s tax authorities are using satellite images generated on the Internet by Google Earth to track down fraud.
According to Buenos Aires province tax official Santiago Montoya, images of properties from the sky can help square the actual size of properties with that declared by taxpayers to make sure the proper amount of taxes is being paid.
The online Google Earth service…is also used by the Buenos Aires authorities to check if taxpayers may have expanded their homes in ways that would increase their value for taxation.
Cripes! We’ve just about started paying attention to zoning in my neck of the woods.
Posted: Thu - July 26, 2007 at 08:46 AM