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Rubicon Anarchists Smash Glass Entrance to Greece's Public Revenue Authority (video)

Using sledgehammers, members of the anarchist group "Rubicon" smashed the glass entrance of the General Secretariat of Information Systems (GSIS) offices in the early hours of Sunday morning. At 6:15 am, eight hooded individuals arrived at the Finance ministry service...

Public Revenue €1.7 Billion Below Target in First 8 Months

Public revenue dropped in the January-August period, creating a "hole" of 1.7 billion euros in the 2017 budget. According to State Treasury data, budget revenues declined by 1,759 billion euros, with tax revenues and privatization revenues dropping. The Ministry of Finance...

Greek Public Revenue Authority Plans 14,500 Raids in Tax Evasion 'Hot Spots'

Greece's Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) is to conduct 14,500 swift raids in tourist areas where rampant tax evasion is taking place. The operation plan is codenamed "Aegean and Argosaronikos," after the island areas where it is known that many...

Charges Against Former GenSec for Public Revenues Katerina Savvaidou Dropped

An Appeals Justices' Council on Thursday decided to drop all charges against the former general secretary for public revenues Katerina Savvaidou for attempted breach of trust, in spite of a public prosecutor's recommendation that she stand trial, in a...

Greek Public Revenue Authority Reinforces Staff in Tourist Areas

Greece's Independent Public Revenue Authority (AADE) has announced it is reinforcing tax inspector staff in tourist areas for the summer season to step up checks. The aim of the operation is to have merchants and service providers issue receipts for...

Greek Public Revenue Service Goes After €8 Bln in Debts to State

Greece's Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) is to go after taxpayers in order to collect 3.5 billion euros from old debts and 4.5 billion expected to be generated in 2017. AADE is planning to collect the funds from taxpayers...

Independent Authority for Public Revenue Seizes €124 Million From Debtors’ Bank Accounts in 2016

On Monday, Deputy Finance Minister Katerina Papanatsiou presented data to Parliament disclosing that in 2016 the Independent Authority for Public Revenue confiscated a total of 124 million euros worth of bank deposits of state debtors. The data also showed that...

Public Revenue Chief Orders Probe Into Epic Canteen Owner's Dialogue With Tax Officials

Two tax officers, disguised as tourists, met with a Greek canteen owner in Trikala and asked to check his books. His response resembles nothing of the usual reception that tax officials have received in the past that have been a...

Greece's General Secretariat for Public Revenue Becomes Independent in 2017

Greece's General Secretariat for Public Revenue will become independent as of 2017, free from state control and monitoring, and with a European Commission expert next to its governor. According to a Kathimerini report citing a draft bill the newspaper has...

Government Appoints Lawyer Pitsilis as Head of Public Revenue Directorate

The Greek Finance Ministry issued an act of the cabinet, on Wednesday that named lawyer Giorgos Pitsilis as the new general secretary for public revenue. According to the press release, Pitsilis was born in the United States in 1975 and has...

Greek Gov't to Prosecute Former General Secretary of Public Revenue Katerina Savvaidou

The Greek prosecutor against corruption filed for the criminal prosecution of former general secretary of Public Revenue Katerina Savvaidou on felony charges for infidelity against the service. Only a few days ago Savvaidou had been dismissed from her post,...

Greek Gen Sec for Public Revenue Terminated for Breach of Duty

General Secretary for Public Revenue Katerina Savvaidou is terminated from her duties after a unanimous decision of the Greek cabinet on allegations of breach of duty. Savvaidou had denied any wrongdoing and she was refusing to resign after the insistence...

Greek Public Revenue Secretary Refuses to Resign Over Misdemeanor Charges

General Secreatary for Public Revenue Katerina Savvaidou refuses to resign despite the fact that Maximos Mansion is urging her to resign on ethics grounds. Sources close to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras express the government's concerns over Savvaidou's ability to perform...

Greek Head of Public Revenues Facing Felony and Misdemeanor Charges

The Greek General Secretary of Public Revenues Katerina Savvaidou will have to testify in front of Greek prosecutors next Wednesday facing felony and misdemeanor charges. Savvaidou is being charged with a felony for deciding to review a 78 million euro fine imposed on a Greek...

Aikaterini Savvaidou Tapped for Public Revenues General Secretary

Greek Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis, as head of a five member committee, proposed Aikaterini Savvaidou to be appointed General Secreatary of Public Revenues following the recent resignation of Haris Theoharis. The Cabinet will make the final decision after examining the...