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Club Bouncers Threaten Auditors on Greek Island of Rhodes

The bouncers of a club on the Greek island of Rhodes took the law into their own hands and refused entrance to the auditors who were supposed to inspect the establishment. “You will not perform any audits here,” they...

European Commission Denies Varoufakis' Accusations of Controlling Greece's Tax Agency

The European Commission flatly denied on Tuesday claims by former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis that creditors monitoring Greece's bailout also control the country's tax agency. The Former Minister also blamed the Eurozone's structure and policies for Greece's large sovereign...

Greek Tax Office Freezes 410 Doctors' Suspicious Accounts

The Greek Tax Office freezes per day an average of 20 accounts of people who have sent more than 100,000 euros abroad or made undocumented transactions of 300,000 euros or more in Greece. The Control Center of Taxpayers with Great Wealth...

PAOK FC Owner Repays Club's €10.8 Mln Debt to Greek State

PAOK FC owner Ivan Savvidis made an interbank transaction to repay the team's debt to the Greek state, putting an end to the nightmare that tormented the club for the last years. Meanwhile the relevant payment documents have already been presented...

New Bill Regarding Debts to the State to be Tabled in Greek Parliament

The bill to be presented to the Greek Parliament by Greek Deputy Finance Minister Nadia Valavani sees the abolition of surcharges on debts to the State and an increase on the amount above which a person may be imprisoned. The regulation...

Finance Ministry Planning to Facilitate Taxpayers

Greek tax offices are promoting new regulations aiming to prolong the payment period for tax debts in order to facilitate the overburdened Greek households, while also increasing state revenue, the Greek Finance Ministry announced. Finance Ministry officials plan to increase...

Half of Greek Households Living With Under €800 Per Month

Around half of Greece’s households were forced to survive with less than €800 per month in 2012, as revealed by recent Greek tax office numbers. According to the data published by the Greek newspaper “Kathimerini,” 2,751,856 taxpayers with their spouses...

Seminars for Greek Tax Office Employees on Dealing with Taxpayers

Last week the Greek Finance Ministry’s General Secretariat of Information Systems launched a seminar entitled “The sea elephant and scrappy information,” geared toward all people employed in Greek tax offices who are being educated on how to deal with...

Greek Publisher Arrested for Debt

Greek publisher Giorgos Kouris was arrested by police for debts to the State and is now being held at the Greek police headquarters in Athens. Four arrest warrants were issued against him, one for debts to the Social Security Organization,...

Greece Will Take Jobless Man's Home

A 39-year-old unemployed Greek father, whose apartment had been saved from foreclosure only because of a law - soon to be lifted - preventing confiscation of a main home - has lost it to the Greek government because he...