taxes

Despite the coalition government’s efforts, millions of taxpayers in Greece are facing serious problems in paying their taxes on time, resulting in the...

During the discussions for establishing the criteria for the “social dividend” benefit, it was revealed that about 1,850,000 taxpayers (from a...

The former Minister of Finances and National Defense Yannos Papantoniou and his wife Stavroula Kourakou were set on bail, after they were addressed...

The Minister of Finances Yannis Stournaras appeared on SKAI Radio on Wednesday morning to announce that the negotiations for Greece’s debt reduction...

According to Ta Nea, the hospice is facing the possibility of closure, in about two weeks, as it has accrued debts of about 8 million euros, while its employees have ...

SYRIZA MP and member of the opposition party’s financial planning committee Giorgos Stathakis to Vima 99.5 about the negotiations with the troika, SYRIZA’s financial policies and the possibility of a new bailout. Regarding the possibility of a new bailout, Mr. Stathakis noted that it is unlikely, as it is unnecessary; the MP noted that the […]

The government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou appeared on ANT1 on Thursday morning to announce that the coalition government has the will to tackle all forms of fuel smuggling, in light of the recent police operations. According to Mr. Kedikoglou the recent equation of the heating oil and diesel taxes out an end to smuggling and fraud […]

SYRIZA MP Giorgos Stathakis spoke at Thursday evening discussion on the challenges of the production sector’s recovery and stated that Greek “suffers from low taxes”, meaning the deficit regarding tax revenue as a GDP percentage, when compared to EU divs. Mr. Stathakis explained that tax revenue is just 38% of GDP, when the EU average […]

With the farmer unions appearing adamant over their demands and calling their colleagues to reinforce and support the road blocks that have been set up on national highways across the country, the Minister of Finances Yannis Stournaras has arranged to meet with farmer representatives on Thursday. The farmers had been demanding a meeting with Mr. […]

The Confederation of Greek Commerce (ESEE) has requested from the Ministry of Finances to withdraw and revise its plans for higher fines and to provide clarifications regarding the collection of receipts. According to the ESEE, the Finance Ministry’s proposed new tax fines are deemed excessive and unrealistic, when most businesses are focused on merely surviving […]

The unions of accountants and tax consultants have arranged demonstrations in Syntagma Square in Athens and by the Venizelos statue in Thessaloniki for Monday at noon, in order to protest the government’s tax policies and particularly the excessive tax fines. According to the accountant and tax consultant unions, the new tax fines and levies introduced […]

With the farmer unions appearing determined to continue their struggle, the Prime Minister Antonis Samaras held a meeting on Thursday afternoon with the Minister of Agricultural Development Athanasios Tsaftaris, the Deputy Minister of Finances Giorgos Mavraganis and the General Secretary of Public Revenue Haris Theoharis to reexamine the taxation of farmers. After the meeting concluded, […]

The farmer unions have requested a meeting with the Minister of Finances and the political leaders to discuss their demands. The next few days will be critical in determining the future of the farmer strike, as unions begin talks and coordinate their road blocks. The farmers at the road block in Nikea decided to call […]

Thousands of taxpayers rushed to pay what they owed for the 2012 emergency, luxury, road and income taxes on the final deadline, on the 31st of December. The Ministry of Finances was rather pleased with the budgetary injection in public finances; however thousands of taxpayers are in for a shock. When checking their Taxisnet profile, […]

A demonstration is scheduled to take place at 11:00 this morning in Syntagma Square against the government’s tax policies, particularly the exhaustive fines for tax violations which came into effect in January. The POE DOY union of tax office employees will participate in the demonstration. The POE-DOY union made an announcement where they explained that […]

The Vice President of the German left-wing party Die Linke MP Sahra Wagenknecht has asked for the imposition of an asset tax for the rich in Greece. The proposal came in response of a similar proposal of the German central bank and the rumors that the Germany is preparing for a new bailout loan to […]

According to a report by Ta Nea, the Ministry of Finances appears to be preparing a legislative amendment aiming to reduce a number of fines related to VAT by up to 50%. The Ministry of Finances wants to drastically reduce the fine for first-time offenders by up to 50%. The fine will be doubled after […]

Hundreds of thousands of Greek tax payers will have to pay up to five different taxes by the end of the week, with the government banking on the revenue for the much touted 2013 primary surplus, in order to be able to pay back an estimated 700 million euros to uniformed officers. On Friday the […]

The Ministry of Finances is considering the streamlining of fines imposed for tax violations, in an effort to expedite court cases that could generate up to 8 billion euros for the cash-strapped government. According to the Ministry’s General Secretariat of Public Revenue, at present there are a total of 111,151 court cases relating to tax […]

The Ministry of Finances and the General Secretary of Public Revenue have caused great confusion due to the repeated changes and clarifications regarding the submission of tax returns, most of which have come into effect as of the 1st of January 2014. Amongst the most significant changes is that mistakes, errors and omissions will not […]