Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenue, known as AADE, plans to launch a new digital reporting platform to strengthen the country’s fight against tax evasion, smuggling, corruption, and financial crime.
The platform is expected to go live by the end of 2026 and will support the work of DEOS, AADE’s new audit unit. Through the system, citizens will be able to submit information either anonymously or under their name through a dedicated reporting channel linked directly to the unit.
The project reflects Greece’s wider effort to modernize tax enforcement through digital systems, targeted inspections, and citizen-submitted information.
Greece to use digital platform to screen tax evasion reports
AADE will screen every report submitted through the new platform before forwarding cases for possible investigation.
Authorities will assess the information by cross-checking it with banking data, customs records, internal information systems, and intelligence from Greek and international authorities.
Cases considered high risk will receive priority and move forward for immediate investigation. The process aims to help authorities separate credible information from less reliable complaints and direct audit resources toward cases with the strongest signs of tax or customs violations.
New digital platform to support tax evasion audits in Greece
The digital reporting platform will operate alongside a broader audit program led by DEOS. The new unit will focus on sectors and regions considered more vulnerable to tax evasion.
DEOS plans to carry out 18,000 targeted inspections of businesses and professionals. It will also conduct 900 specialized investigations into intra-EU VAT fraud schemes, a persistent challenge for tax authorities across the European Union.
The program is part of Greece’s effort to make tax enforcement more data-driven and better coordinated with domestic and international sources of information.
Tax evasion reports in Greece exceeded 41,000 in 2025
AADE is developing the new platform as more citizens report tax and customs violations in Greece.
In 2025 alone, citizens submitted 41,354 reports to AADE concerning tax evasion, smuggling, and alleged corruption involving public officials. Over the four-year period from 2022 to 2025, reports submitted to AADE totaled 234,789.
Of the reports filed in 2025, 16,970 came through AADE’s online reporting portal. These reports involved tax evasion, smuggling, and complaints concerning tax and customs officials.
Another 24,384 reports came through “Appodixi,” AADE’s mobile application that allows users to check receipts. These reports concerned receipts that allegedly failed to meet legal issuance requirements.
Audits remain far below total complaints
The number of audits carried out by tax authorities remains far below the volume of complaints submitted by citizens.
In 2025, tax authorities conducted 17,817 on-site inspections, using in part information collected through the Appodixi application. Of those audits, 1,978 directly involved allegations of tax evasion, smuggling, or corruption submitted through the digital reporting system.
Authorities attribute the gap between complaints and audits to the varying reliability of reports and the limited resources available to audit services.
AADE expects the new platform to improve that process by giving Greece’s tax authority a more structured way to evaluate incoming information and prioritize cases with the highest risk profile.
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