Mavraganis
Business
What Did Samaras Tell Schaeuble?
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble met in Athens with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras for only 40 minutes - 10 minutes longer than scheduled - on July 18 although the city center was shut down all day and all...
Crime
Greece Didn’t Collect 99.86% Of Big Tax Debts
Greece has collected only $19 million of $13 billion owed by the country’s biggest tax debtors, a rate of only 0.0014 percent, Deputy Finance Minister Giorgos Mavraganis has admitted, although he said it’s because many companies have gone out...
Economy
Greek Lawmakers OK Tax Hikes
Moving to quickly satisfy international lenders, the Greek Parliament has approved a series of unpopular tax hikes and reforms to increase government income, one of the main conditions to qualify for continued aid from the Troika of the European...
Greece
Greeks Abroad Get Tax Filing Extension
A three-month extension to Greeks living abroad, who have income in Greece, has been granted by the Greek Ministry of Finance to give taxpayers time to prepare their filings after the government earlier failed to alert them they had...
Economy
Greek, American Researchers: Tax Evaders Cost Greece Billions
Leaving their country to struggle through recession and austerity measures, tax cheats have robbed Greece of some 11.2 billion euros, ($13.76 billion) that could be collected, according to Greek and American researchers. Rather than looking at tax records to...