Leak of tax data to be investigated

Law enforcement authorities will examine the individual who anonymously published tax data concerning President Andrej Kiska, Finance Minister Peter Kažimír (Smer-SD) said following his meeting with the head of the country on Monday. Last week, several newsrooms, including the TASR press agency, received anonymous emails informing them that Kiska and his brother's company Kiska Travel Agency (KTAG) were investigated by Financial Administration and the police concerning tax evasion of €27,000 dating back to 2014, with the case related to the funding of Kiska's presidential campaign. The president's company subsequently acknowledged and expressed regret for the deed and paid the tax owed, so the matter wasn't viewed as a crime. The Finance Minister said that the Financial Administration's Information System enables finding out names of people, dates and exact times when they came in contact with the documents that were leaked to the media. "Naturally, whether they had an access to this data in order to perform their service duties or not will be a subject of investigation, too," said Kažimír. In addition to the Financial Administration, other entities had access to the given documents, too, for example the firm that was the subject of the tax audit, as well as respective state institutions and bodies, he added.