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Tax Authorities uncover illegal Swiss transportation service on Mykonos

May 27, 2018 Economy Comments Off on Tax Authorities uncover illegal Swiss transportation service on Mykonos

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 …

Greece’s authorities uncover tax evading Airbnb owners by pretending to be customers

April 24, 2018 Economy 1

Tax inspectors uncover tax evading Airbnb owners by pretending to be customers. According to Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE), the trap has revealed a total of 55 Airbnbn tax evaders, so far. In some cases, the ‘fake customers’ even proceeded to booking an Airbnb flat. The first Airbnb …

Tax Authorities seize 500,000 bank accounts, collect €1.6bn in Jan-May 2016

June 21, 2016 Economy Comments Off on Tax Authorities seize 500,000 bank accounts, collect €1.6bn in Jan-May 2016

Greek Tax Administration has been studiously taking from debtors what it belongs to the state. From January to April 2016, tax authorities have reportedly “emptied” 428,465 debtors’ bank accounts. If the seizures in May be added, the total number reaches over 500,000. In comparison: 333,776 bank account seizures last year. …

Tax authorities to monitor Greeks’ bank accounts across the EU

March 30, 2016 Economy 2

Greece’s tax authorities will soon be able to monitor all bank accounts that Greek taxpayers have within the European Union, according to a draft law currently being discussed by Parliament’s Financial Affairs Committee. Finance Ministry officials are introducing the clauses on the automatic exchange of bank account information, which will …

Taxpayers must declare all assets like cash ‘under mattresses’ & jewelry

December 1, 2015 Economy 17

Cash ‘under the mattress’ totaling more than 15,000 euro, jewelry and other valuable items such as diamonds and gemstones, should be declared to electronic system of tax authorities, Taxisnet, as of 1. January 2016. Next to properties and vehicles and shares, now the taxpayers will also have to declare their …

Greece to lift capital controls for those who bring money back to banks

September 10, 2015 Economy Comments Off on Greece to lift capital controls for those who bring money back to banks

The Greek authorities will try everything to get back to the banks what depositors withdrew before the capital controls were imposed on June 29th 2015. The financial ministry and its high-ranking state officials and interim government ministers are determined and will try everything to get the money back to the …

UPD: Ex deputy FinMin “forgot” to declare one million euro to tax authorities

January 10, 2013 Politics 3

The parliamentary committee assigned to cross check the assets of politicians is calling former deputy Finance Minister Petros Doukas and ask explanations about one million euro that was declared in his income declaration in 2009 but not in 2010. According to news portal matrix24.gr , Doukas has allegedly told a …

Tax Authorities Investigate 1,747 Greeks on “Sudden Wealth”

December 3, 2012 Economy Comments Off on Tax Authorities Investigate 1,747 Greeks on “Sudden Wealth”

Former ministers and ex members of the Parliament, journalists, doctors, lawyers, businessmen but also a former chairman of a political party are being investigated by the Greek tax authorities on suspicion of sudden (and unjustified) wealth. According to newspaper “6 Meres” the list contains names of politicians but also names …

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