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Crete: Truck driver punches tax officers, sends them to hospital

July 31, 2019 Very Mix Comments Off on Crete: Truck driver punches tax officers, sends them to hospital

A Cretan truck driver angry about an inspector’s control punched two tax officers and sent them with injuries to the hospital. The driver was about to deliver goods to a canteen in Rethymnon, Crete, when the tax officers stopped him and asked him to show delivery papers and invoices. The …

Athens: Tax officers occupy the … Finance Ministry!

May 19, 2016 Society Comments Off on Athens: Tax officers occupy the … Finance Ministry!

A group of some 70 tax officers has been occupying the Greek Finance Ministry in downtown Athens since 8 o’ clock in the morning. The occupation reportedly aims to protest that the General secretariat of Public Revenues turns into an “independent authority.” This morning I heard on Greek TV that …

Greece to combat tax evasion with “Midnight raids German style”

October 7, 2015 Economy 3

Greece’s tax authorities prepare “raids German style” in the middle of the night in order to localize ‘black money’ and ‘undeclared assets’. The tax inspectors will knock on doors or ring the bells at companies or freelancers’ business addresses even in the middle of the night and conduct controls. The …

Athens: Tax, Customs and Police Officers in Anti-Austerity Protest

September 27, 2012 Society Comments Off on Athens: Tax, Customs and Police Officers in Anti-Austerity Protest

A day after the mass protest in Athens, tax and customs officers as well as policemen staged protest actions to oppose the upcoming additional wages cuts. Tax and customs officers are on 48-hour strike, today Thursday and tomorrow Friday, September 27-28, 2012. “We oppose any further cuts in our wages, …

German Tax Officers to Greece? “Nein, Danke” Say Their Union

March 1, 2012 Economy 8

A ‘civil war’ broke out between the German Finance Ministry and the union of the German tax officers (DSTG) as the latter express their strong opposition to have 160 of their members to be sent to Greece. In a statement, the DSTG not only stresses that the main problem of tax collection …

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