[s_dev]

I'd imagine you'd get done for not being tax compliant. At least in Ireland you have to able to show all tax accounting for the last four years on request by Revenue. If you can't produce this and all the files 'have gone missing' or 'we can't find the cloud keys' I'd would expect to be fined out of existence and ordered to cease trading immediately. So that would be worse that getting dragged through the courts while you pay lawyers to figure out to mitigate any fines or sentences passed down. I think it can even result in prison time for the CEO and other company officers.

[dylan604]

I'd expect it to something along the lines of "sorry Mario, but the princess is in a different castle" bit of shell game. "no no mister Revenue man, we have that information you want, but it's in a different office".

[avianlyric]

This is why companies are required to have registered addresses. As far as the law is considered, that address is where all your records can be accessed, and requested from.

If the state turns up at that address, and you tell them they’re at the wrong address, then the directors start becoming liable for fraudulent behaviour.

[s_dev]

There is only so much you can play whack a mole -- virtually nobody 'cheats' the taxman. There are plenty of legal loopholes etc. if you are smart enough to use them.

If you aren't -- you'll find the enforcement end of the tax authorities in ANY country are pretty efficient. Even in third world countries where many services are falling down the tax authorities will be a well oiled machine as the stability of the entire country rests on the government even corrupt ones to collect taxes.

[eastbound]

Accounting audits are done by the FISC agency in France. But those are just audits, not raids. This raid was ordered by a judge, which can probably be seized by FISC if they believe that the documents they have are falsified.

[beeboobaa3]

sure but politely demanding some documents is not the same as raiding an office