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Greece launches “Super-Weapon” to combat tax evasion with audits back to 2002

March 31, 2017 Economy 4

Greece launches a new Super-Weapon, a powerful application against tax evasion. Audits will go back to 2002. The software will automatically trace tax evaders, crosschecking bank deposits and tax declarations. Within just two minutes. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos presented on Thursday the new tool that is activated in the hope …

Farmers intensify protests, close highways & customs, refuse dialogue with government

February 2, 2016 Society 3

Dozens of protesting farmers occupied tax offices in Lamia and Arta in Central and Western Greece, and Chania on the island of Crete, hindering employees from entering their work place. Two days before the general strike on Thursday, the farmers have intensified their protests and close to traffic Greece’s main …

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 …

Half of Greeks queue outside banks, other half at petrol stations & supermarkets

June 29, 2015 Society 30

Flour, sugar, pasta, rice, milk and canned tomatoes, food items that do not expire soon are been hastily removed from the super-market selves and land into the housewife’s basket. “There was quite some queue at the cash register and people had their baskets full of pasta, sugar and flour,” a …

Three years in IMF, there are still tax “untouchables”: the caste of Greek millionaires

July 26, 2013 Economy Comments Off on Three years in IMF, there are still tax “untouchables”: the caste of Greek millionaires

Three years after Greece sought the money of IMF and drained every employee, pensioner and property owner with unbearable taxes, Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras openly admits: there is still a caste of people the tax authorities do not dare to touch. People with millions in the bank who declare income below …

Greece’s tax inspectors on strike, Apr 23/2013

April 22, 2013 Economy Comments Off on Greece’s tax inspectors on strike, Apr 23/2013

Do not bother and go to the tax office on Tuesday, April 23rd 2013. Tax inspectors will be on strike. They will launch this action as a warning to government about upcoming firing of public servants. Greek government agreed to sack 15,000 civil servants until end of 2014 after pressure …

Greece to sell 28 public buildings: ministries, police headquarters, tax offices…

March 11, 2013 Economy 1

They are offered for sale. Exactly as they stand: with furniture, curtains and even toilet paper. The ministry of Culture, of Interior, of Justice, of Health, of Education… the Greek police headquarters in Athens, the police headquarters in Thessaloniki. A total o f 28 buildings belonging to Greek state are offered for …

Greece’s Tax Officers on 48h Strike, Nov 29-30/2012

November 27, 2012 Society 1

Greece’s tax officers and inspectors will launch a 48-hour strike on upcoming Thursday and Friday, November 29-30th 2012, follwoing a decision taken by their union POE-DOY. Civil servants in Greece’s financial services react to “any plans for privatization, of tax office mergers without criteria, the abolition of tax offices on …

Athens: Strikes, Work Stoppages, Protest Rallies, Sept 20/2012

September 20, 2012 Society Comments Off on Athens: Strikes, Work Stoppages, Protest Rallies, Sept 20/2012

Traffic jams in all major streets of downtown Athens occurred on Thursday morning as thousands of residents had to use their vehicles to go to work due to the 24-hour strike at Metro, Tram and urban train ISAP. Workers protest wages cuts and demand the ticket fares to go down to one euro (from …

Greek Fin Min: assets of 70 tax offices employees under investigation

February 27, 2011 Economy Comments Off on Greek Fin Min: assets of 70 tax offices employees under investigation

Greek Finance Ministry is investigating the assets of about 70 employees, who declared an average income of €50,000 but were found out to possess real estate properties worth 800,000 to 3 million euros, newspaper Ethnos reported on its Sunday edition. Furthermore 234 FinMin employees seem to have never submitted an income tax declaration, …

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