tax evasion

One-in-two Greek businesses audited in the first quarter of 2018 were found to have committed some kind of tax offense, according to the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE). AADE agents found that 50.2 percent of businesses audited had violated...

Tax authorities suspended the licenses of businesses across Greece after audits showed blatant cases of tax evasion, reported the Athens News Agency. On Mykonos, authorities confiscated the license and plates of a vehicle of a business that was offering luxury...

Greece ranks last in business environment and low in talent capitalization among OECD member states, according to a latest OECD report.

One of the major issues plaguing the Greek state for decades, tax evasion, was the subject of talks between the revenue heads of Greece and Bulgaria in Sofia on Monday, according to an Independent Balkan News Agency report. The Greek...

The Greek finance ministry on Wednesday tabled in parliament a list of blatant tax evasion and smuggling cases, as an addition to the state budget. The list of major tax evasion cases included countless fake invoices, businesses that were shut...

Official statistics show that the Ionian islands of Corfu, Zakynthos and Kefalonia have earned the rather unflattering title of tax-evasion champions. Figures from the Independent Authority for Public Revenue reveal that in the island of Corfu, for example, 59% of...

The data breakdown from this year's tax returns so far confirm what Greece's finance ministry officials were afraid all along: Declared income from freelancers dropped by 20%, compared to last year. According to a Kathimerini newspaper report, the tax burden...

A tavern owner in Volos, Central Greece, fired shotgun shots in the air on Thursday, in order to scare away three tax auditors who fined him 500 euros for a series of tax violations. The three officials entered the tavern...

A business owner who owns several bars and restaurants on Patmos beat up a tax inspector who visited the island to conduct audits as part of an effort to curb tax evasion in tourist areas. According to witnesses who spoke...

Financial police inspectors found delinquency rates ranging from 50-100% during raids on major tourist resorts in Greece over the last month, including the cosmopolitan islands of Mykonos, Santorini, Zakynthos and Corfu, the Greek police revealed on Monday. In some cases...