The Ministry of Finances announced that after carrying out inspections in July, it found that about one in five businesses were evading taxes.

Last week the ministry’s officers carried out 1,552 inspections in 1,559 businesses and found violations in 274 cases. Since the end of July, a total of 37,716 inspections have been carried out, with inspectors discovering violations in 7,282 cases.

Regarding the inspections carried out last week, the vast majority of offenses related to not issuing the correct tax information. The inspections were carried out in the prefectures of Attica, Thessaloniki, Achaia, Ilia, Korinthia, Arcadia and Argolida.