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Once the restrictions are lifted, however, we expect not only tax audits to be resumed, but in fact expanded.

For years, VAT refunds were often paid only after a tax audit, with long delays, especially from 2009 to the mid-2010s. In April 2020, as a COVID measure, the rule was reversed: refund first, audit later, with limited exceptions. It became permanent in February 2022.