Independent Authority

Business representatives are expressing concern over the impact on exports of a decision to eliminate the night shift at Thessaloniki port's customs service.

The Exporters' Association of Northern Greece (SEVE) slammed the "surprise" move by the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE), saying it was incompatible with free market principles.

The electronic tax platform for property owners to register income from short-term rentals as advertised on Airbnb and other websites will be up and running by the end of August, the head of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (IAPR), Giorgos Pitsilis, said on Friday. 

Single property tax (ENFIA) notifications are to be posted online by August 31, the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (IAPR) said on Thursday.

A new campaign has been launched by the Greek tax authorities to encourage tourists to make payments with credit or debit cards during their holidays in the country - and to always ask for a receipt.

Tourists are being encouraged to pay with plastic during their holidays in Greece - and to always ask for a receipt - by a new campaign from the country's tax authority.

The "Apodixi_Please" (Receipt, Please) campaign of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) is being promoted on posters and online (aade.gr/apodixi).

A large-scale operation aimed at curbing tax evasion on the island of Myconos has led to the confiscation of foreign-registered card terminals in use in some stores, prompting an investigation into the legality of the businesses in question.

A large-scale operation to halt tax evasion got under way over the weekend on Myconos, and is to continue through tomorrow, with dozens of tax inspectors fanning across the popular resort island to crack down on offenders and planning to move on to Paros, Santorini and Rhodes in the coming days.

A well-known entertainment venue on Mykonos rushed to pay four million euros in overdue taxes on Sunday, after inspectors launched a tax-evasion crackdown on the upscale tourism island.

Almost sixty officials are involved in the four-day operation, which has been codenamed "Trident" because of the three-pronged focus of its inspections.

Taxpayers' expired arrears to the state soared to 5.19 billion euros in the first half of the year - that is before the heavy tax obligations started in July. At the same time, the monitoring mechanism has been confiscating or freezing about 360 bank accounts per day, although it is increasingly finding empty accounts.

Taxpayers' expired debts to the state grew by 550 million euros in May, according to data released on Monday by the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (IAPR). At the same time the tax mechanism is increasing confiscations of debtors' assets.