taxation

Greece comes second among European Union countries in taxing companies and executives, according to the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) monthly report. The report says that high taxation makes Greek businesses not competitive, while at the same time executives pay...

About 2,000 farmers gathered in central Athens to rally against new tax and security contribution measures, with Greek Communist Party (KKE) leader Dimitris Koutsoumbas among them. Farmers started arriving at Vathi Square in the late morning hours carrying banners and...

Greece is in first place in the number of pending administrative cases among the 26 European Union member states, according to president of the Association of Administrative Judges (EDD) Eirini Giannadaki. Giannadaki addressed the annual EDD meeting held by the...

The Greek debt is unsustainable in the long-term and further fiscal measures are needed, despite progress and sacrifices made, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday. According to the statement issued after the IMF board meeting, Greece needs to make...

Greece is to lower the tax-free threshold for low incomes in order to close the evaluation of the bailout program, a Kathimerini report says. The proposal for lowering the tax-free threshold to incomes of 6,000 euros per year and above...

The tax office of Greeks living and working abroad is receiving thousands of applications from businesses and professionals who try to flee Greece after the implementation of the new, heavy taxes and security contributions. Other than relocating abroad, businessmen and...

It was exactly two years ago when Alexis Tsipras became the youngest and first leftist prime minister of Greece, an event that filled the 2.25 million Greeks who voted for him with optimism because of his grandiose promises and...

One in three families in Greece has at least one unemployed member, while the middle class is dwindling, a new survey on behalf of the Hellenic Confederation of Professionals, Craftsmen & Merchants (GSEVEE) says. The research was conducted by MARC...

As Alexis Tsipras and his administration celebrate two years in power today, one wonders where Greece would have been if it wasn't for these two years of procrastination, austerity and deepening recession. And shameless lies, too many to list. On...

The farmers of Tyrnavos, central Greece, were the first to take it to the streets on Monday as their colleagues from the rest of the country will follow in a round of protest demonstrations against the government's harsh economic...