A rising target with fixed capacity
The budget sets what the authority must collect, but the number of auditors and inspectors does not grow with it. Every review has to count.
Industries · Tax and revenue authorities
Close the gap between what is owed and what is collected
Revenue authorities are asked to collect more every year with roughly the same number of people. Dark Pools brings registrations, returns, payments, customs declarations and third-party data into one view of every taxpayer, uses AI to find where revenue leaks and recommends the interventions most likely to reach the target. It runs in-country on infrastructure the authority controls, and every selection shows the evidence behind it.
The challenge
What tax and revenue authorities teams are up against
Leakage hides between systems
Registrations, returns, payments, customs declarations and third-party data sit in separate systems. A business that under-declares VAT, under-values imports and pays staff off the books can look compliant in each one.
Syndicates move faster than single-return reviews
Refund fraud and invoice schemes are run by networks of related companies. Reviewing one return at a time finds the symptom, not the network behind it.
Every selection has to be defensible
Taxpayers, tribunals and oversight bodies can ask why a case was chosen. Scores without reasons, or taxpayer data that leaves the authority’s control, are not an option.
Solutions
How Dark Pools helps
Revenue leakage detection and optimizationOne view of every taxpayer, AI that finds and ranks leaks by revenue at risk, and recommended intervention plans that fit the authority’s capacity and target.Graph analytics for syndicatesRefund claimants, suppliers, directors and bank accounts resolved into one graph, so connected companies and invoice chains are seen as one network.Investigations and case managementEvery lead worked as an audited case, with the evidence, the decisions and the people who made them on record.Financial intelligenceCompany, directorship and property records linked to the people and businesses behind them, alongside the authority’s own data.Digital forensicsDevices, mailboxes and accounts preserved and analysed, with a chain-of-custody record for criminal tax cases.Privileged access to tax systemsGovPAM controls and records administrator access to the systems that hold taxpayer data.
In the field
Scenarios we are built for
GovernmentA VAT refund syndicateNewly registered vendors claim large refunds on invoices from suppliers that turn out to be connected. Each claim looks reasonable on its own, so refunds are paid before anyone sees the pattern.Refunds held before the money leavesGovernmentTurnover that third-party data contradictsThousands of businesses declare turnover well below what bank, card and customs data show, but the gaps sit in separate systems and auditors can only reach a small share of them.Undeclared revenue found in data already heldGovernmentA mid-year gap to the revenue targetHalfway through the fiscal year, collections trail the target and audit capacity is fixed. Leadership has to decide quickly where to put its people.A plan to close the gap, built on evidenceGovernmentImports declared below their valueImporters declare consignments at values far below comparable goods from the same origin, and inspections are spread too thinly to catch them.Inspections aimed where the revenue is
FAQ
Questions buyers ask
The difference between the tax that could be collected and what is actually collected. The OECD splits it into a policy gap, set by choices in the law, and a compliance gap, caused by taxpayers who do not register, file, declare or pay as required. The compliance gap is the part a revenue authority can close, and it is where Dark Pools focuses.
By showing where revenue leaks, estimating how much is at stake in each leak and recommending the mix of letters, registration drives, reviews, audits, refund verification and inspections that is expected to close the most of the gap with the capacity available. Officials decide, and the result of every intervention is recorded so the next plan is better informed.
The authority’s own data: registrations, returns, payments and customs declarations, plus the third-party data it already receives, such as bank, employer and registry records. Data is exported from existing systems as structured files or through an API.
In-country, on infrastructure the authority controls: on premises, in a government cloud or in a hybrid arrangement. Access follows role and need-to-know, and every access and decision is written to a tamper-evident audit trail.
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