The Department of Taxation informs that there is an unsolicited e-mail circulating which, illegally, bears the logo of the Government Portal gov.cy, urging citizens to provide their bank account details in order to receive a refund, with the following wording:
"during a check on your tax return we were able to establish that you are entitled to state compensation due to your own overpayment - you will receive a refund of €..- verify your bank and personal details in advance to receive a refund ..."
The above message is intended to steal bank account details of unsuspecting citizens and the Tax Department urges those who have received such a message to ignore it.
It is stressed that the Department of Taxation communicates with the public ONLY via email addresses which are to: @tax.mof.gov.cy and that tax refunds are made only by remittance to a bank account whose IBAN is declared by the taxpayer to the Department through secure procedures using a specific form.
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