Members of Greece’s tax authorities have uncovered an illegal transportation service on the island of Mykonos. The service was not registered as business in Greece, its luxury limousines and buses for tourists were operating on Swiss plates. The service was mainly targeting Swiss and German tourists who would book it through websites in Switzerland.
According to amna, the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) found that a man driving one of the buses is part of an illegally set up business with no tax records or necessary permits. The driver was charging customers between 70 to 350 euros per hour to move them to and from the island’s luxury villas.
The man was stripped of his driver’s license and the bus was confiscated. Greek tax authorities are investigating the issue, along with their peers in Switzerland and Germany.
Some Greek media report that the tax inspectors pretended they were Swiss or American tourists and spoke only English.
According to some mean Greeks, it was most likely local taxi owners who denounced the service to tax authorities that among others it was violating cabotage restrictions.
