France Catches Tax-Dodging Swimming Pool Owners With AI
- Authorities levy an extra EU10 million in trial phase
- Government eyes EU40 million in 2023 by expanding tool
Private pools are big business in France, the largest market in Europe.
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The next time you take a plunge in a private pool in France, the tax-man may be watching.
An experiment using artificial intelligence and satellite images of just a handful of French regions has already discovered around 20,000 undeclared swimming pools, enabling the tax office to collect 10 million euros ($10 million) in penalties and dues for 2022.