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Greece
Greek Rental Property Tax Platform to Go Online by End-August
An electronic tax platform for registering short-term rentals like AirBnB will be up and running by the end of August, the governor of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) Giorgos Pitsilis said on Friday.
In comments at an Antenna...
Economy
Tourists Told Card Payments 'Help Greece's Financial Recovery'
Greece's revenue authority is running a new campaign to tell millions of visiting tourists about claiming receipts while in the country.
As Greece expects to break records for the number of visitors this year -- official data from the Hellenic...
Business
Greek Taxman Targets Mykonos in Fresh Operation
Greek tax inspectors on the island of Mykonos have found two point-of-sale machines which were linked to Switzerland.
According to Greek media reports, the two terminals were found at a Louis Vuitton store on Mykonos and another outlet in Nammos...
Economy
Greek Inspectors Pose as Clients to Combat 'Airbnb'-Type Tax Evasion
The Greek authorities are trying to battle tax evasion said to be rampant among the thousands of owners of Airbnb-type properties.
Lacking a mechanism to monitor the short-term leasing of lodgings, inspectors have been doing random checks with the aim...
Crime
Taxman Busts Businesses on Greek Islands
Early revenue inspections on some popular Greek islands appear to have seen dozens of businesses fall foul of the taxman.
After a raid by Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) auditors on three islands on the 1 May weekend, a total...
Economy
Greek Families Dogged by High Taxation
Greece ranks about half way in tax rates among the 35 countries of the OECD, a new report showed on Thursday.
Although OECD workers on average paid over 25 percent of their salaries in taxes, in Greece an unmarried employee...
Economy
Greece Facing Possible EU Yacht-Tax Probe
Greece has two months to respond to the European Commission after it claimed the country was breaking rules on value-added tax (VAT) in the private boat sector.
Along with Malta and Cyprus, Greece needs to explain its tax regime on...
Economy
Taxpayers' Arrears to the State Totaled 99.970 Billion Euros on Jan 1, 2018
Taxpayers' arrears to the state totaled 99.970 billion euros, while the number of debtors was 4,068,857 on January 1, 2018, George Pitsilis, governor of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE), said on Friday.
Speaking to reporters during a media...
Environment
Greek Shoppers Responding to Plastic Bag Tax
New laws obliging Greek retailers to charge for plastic carrier bags have caused a sharp decline in their use at supermarkets during the first month of the law's implementation, the Research Institute of Retail Consumer Goods (IELKA) reported on...
Economy
Minister Promises to End Greek Wine Tax
Greece's government is to abolish an excise tax on wine introduced in 2015, after the completion of the third bailout program review.
Agricultural Minister Vangelis Apostolou, speaking on Tuesday an Athens event organized by the National Interprofessional Organization of Vine...