Greek Finance Minister confirmed that the country conducts negotiations and discussions with Switzerland in order to sign an agreement for the taxation of Greek citizens’ savings in Swiss banks.
Speaking at a press conference for the presentation of the three-year National Operational Program to combat tax evasion, Giorgos Papakonstantinou said that the ministry has a list of Greek depositors and proceeds with the signing of an agreement with Switzerland on the taxation of savings.
The programme envisages the imposition of strict measures (jail sentences, confiscations, etc) and measures to reorganise tax bureaus by abolishing or merging financial services and maintaining only one tax agency in each prefect capital, with the rest tax agency offices to be replaced by citizens’ service offices.
All personnel will be transferred to central tax agency offices to ensuring adequate staff and increased efficiency of inspections.
Under the plan, the finance ministry will set up a new body for collecting tax revenue and introducing a digital coding system to trace illegal imports of tobacco and alcohol products in the country.
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