Information from the office only in the institution. Absurd RODO

Getting information about the phone at the tax office has become virtually impossible. Officials are afraid to provide them, because of the personal data protection regulations in force since May 25 and high penalties that threaten to violate its provisions. As a result, the taxpayer, to settle any matter, must personally come to the appropriate institution – informs Rzeczpospolita

The daily quotes the story of Ania from Otwock, who wanted to know in his tax office when he can count on the return of overpayments in the previous year of income taxation (PIT). The clerk informed him that he could not give him any information about the phone in connection with the RODO. No attempt has been made to confirm their identity by providing the ID card number or PESEL number. The response of the fiscal agent was a – "you must come to the office personally"

As Paweł Litwiński, lawyer, partner at Barta Litwiński, quoted by taxpayers, quoted by Rzeczpospolita however , the RODO stands, but the fear of the officials, because when it is telephone contact with the office, nothing has changed . – Two years ago, no one was particularly interested in tax offices, and yet the penalty for disclosure, for example, of tax secrecy is the same. Today, it is easier to refuse information because RODO. And the proper procedure would be sufficient – convinces the expert

It's about how to confirm the identity that they use, among other banks. Their consultants, to make sure that they deal with the owner of the account, ask a series of short questions, for example about the birth date or birth name of the mother. A similar system also works in tax offices. – Anyone who sends an annual PIT via the Internet know that he does not need special certificates or qualified electronic signature for that. One of the data on which the system identifies the taxpayer is the income of the testimony of the previous year – said the legal adviser Artur Nowak, partner at DZP Domański Zakrzewski Palinka in an interview with "Rzepa. "

Source: California "