14.2.13
The Minister of Finances Giannis Stournaras stated that “it is unthinkable that civil servants and pensioners will bear the brunt of the fiscal adjustment because some avoid paying their taxes”. Mr. Stournaras promised that “big tax evaders will pay their share”, while “those who objectively cannot fulfill their obligations will be allowed greater agility”.
The Ministry released its div regarding seizure and repossession of private property and accounts of major debtors for 2012. The total amount of repossessed goods and property was 1.5 billion euros, of which 1.4 billion was collected by tax offices and 100 million by SDOE and the authority combating money laundering.
In detail:
- Bank accounts: Banks have been asked for the accounts of 742 debtors with debts of 350 million euros. Of those, 62 are major debtors, from whom the State demanded 320 million euros.
- Repossessions: The state collected 1,05 billion euros worth of property (real estate, factories, houses, cars, ships, planes etc) from 12,136 debtors. 4,425 of them had debts greater than 100,000 euros and had property worth 841.3 million euros worth seized.
In total, of the 1.4 billion euros from seizure and repossessions, 1.16 billion euros came from major debtors, i.e. with debts greater than 100,000 euros.
