taxes

  A post on a Greek government website on Wednesday said that the Finance Ministry will be forming a committee to put together a team of specially trained dogs that will be trained to detect cash. The new team made of man's best...

One in two Greeks owes money to the state totaling 86.298 million euros in taxes, security fund contributions and penalties, according to the General Secretariat for Public Revenue. Figures show that 84.9% of debtors -- or 3.6 million citizens --...

What if all economic analyses point to devastating effects that high tax rates have on the Greek economy? In bankrupt Greece, raising ever higher taxes on all types of economic activity seems to be the only way Greek authorities...

More than 33 million packs of illicit cigarettes have been confiscated in the Greek and Cypriot customs at the end of January by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the General Secretariat against corruption (AFCOS Greece). The two organizations...

Greek households have recorded losses of another 1.4 billion euros from their disposable income during the year's second quarter, mainly due to raised taxes. Compared with the first quarter of 2014, income and wealth taxes increased by 984 million...

The Greek Finance Ministry said on Tuesday that during the first nine months of the year (January–September) the primary budget surplus is 2.532 billion euros, sharply up from the budget target for a surplus of 1.551 billion, but slightly down...

In July 2013, following discussions with the Greek government, the union of Greek shipowners agreed to "voluntarily" increase their tax contributions. On Tuesday, September 30, following the formal submission of the amendment, the Greek shipowners’ voluntary tax contribution to Greece ’s treasury...

A 70–year-old man in Thessaloniki, northern Greece died while waiting in line to pay his ENFIA tax. The man, who initially fainted before completely collapsing, passed away shortly after being transferred to the nearby Papanikolaou hospital. The man was waiting in...

The problems created by the five-year economic crisis in Greek society are evident. A survey conducted by Kapa Research and published at "To Vima” newspaper reveals a lot. One of the survey's main conclusions is that Greeks are willing to...

The unified property tax known as ENFIA will be paid in six installments. The decision was made at a broad meeting chaired by Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras with the participation of Government Vice-President Evangelos Venizelos, Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis and Alternate Finance...