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Greek Government Offers Handouts as Elections Loom

The Greek government announced on Wednesday new handouts in a new package worth 800 million euros ($855 million) aimed at pensioners, taxpayers and businesses hit by inflation. The package of measures, presented by Finance Minister Christos Staikouras, envisages payment of...

Greeks Owe More Than €104 Billion to the State, Official Data Reveals

The latest figures published last week by Greece’s Independent Authority of Public Revenue (AADE) revealed that unpaid taxes to the Greek state now amount to the staggering sum of €104,365 billion. This massive figure highlights Greece's problem with tax evasion,...

Pensioners Now Greece's Largest Group Among Taxpayers

According to the latest data made recently available by Greece's Independent Authority for Public Revenue, pensioners are now the largest single group of taxpayers in Greece. In nine out of the thirteen regions of the country, pensioners now constitute the...

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...

Overdue Debts to Greek State Rise by €13Β, Despite Confiscations of €5Β

Overdue debts to the Greek State went up to a record high of 13 billion euros in December, despite confiscations of 5 billion euros, a Kathimerini newspaper report says. As of the end of December 2017, arrears to the Greek...

Debt of Greeks to the State Exceeds €100 Bln

The debt of Greek taxpayers to the State reached 100,739 billion euros at the end of November 2017, according to figures by the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE). New overdue debts for the January-November 2017 period stood at 11,631...

All Greek Taxpayer Groups Declare Lower Incomes for 2016

Finance ministry data for the 2016 tax statements show that all taxpayer groups have declared lower incomes, compared to the 2015 statements. As a result, state revenues will be lower than expected, a fact that will affect the annual state...

Government Continues Crack Down on State Debtors

It is estimated that this year 3.94 million taxpayers owe the state money in tax payments amounting to some 94.7 billion euros. This means that almost one out of two taxpayers are unable to pay their taxes due and is...

Greeks Unable to Pay Taxes, State Debtor Numbers Continue to Rise

It is estimated that this year 3.94 million taxpayers owe the state money in tax payments amounting to some 94.7 billion euros. This means that almost one out of two taxpayers are unable to pay their taxes due and is...

One in Three Greeks Paid Zero Tax in 2016

Nine out of ten Greeks declared incomes below 20,000 euros last year while 31.8 percent of taxpayers did not pay any taxes, according to newspaper To Vima on Sunday. According to figures based on the 8,645,596 tax returns filed in...