Internal Revenue Service

After five years of failed attempts, the U.S. Senate Republicans on Dec. 4 passed a symbolic partisan bill to gut President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform law, but the effort has already been condemned to death by Obama's plans to veto it. 

The Greek Finance Ministry issued a statement ruling out an extension for the filing of citizen’s tax statements. It should be noted that the deadline for submitting tax statements is August 26. The statement underlines that:

By Prokopis Hatzinikolaou

It appears that an increasing number of people and businesses are not paying their taxes in Greece, as expired debts to the tax authorities created this year reached 5.2 billion euros at the end of last month, according to data published on Friday by the General Secretariat for Public Revenues.

By George Georgakopoulos

The online platform for the submission of tax declarations for incomes obtained in 2014, finally opened late on Thursday after a three-month delay.

Four tax officials, three customs officers and one tax inspector are to appear at the Court of Audit following checks carried out by the internal affairs department of the General Secretariat for Public Revenues.

The tax office commissioned to investigate the finances of those on the Lagarde list and dig deep to find the country's most powerful tax offenders has been without electricity for two days running.

 Revenues secretariat admits to delays in tax inspections during the first couple of months of the year

By Prokopis Hatzinikolaou

By Prokopis Hatzinikolaou

Over 3.4 million taxpayers have either failed to fulfill their tax obligations or have avoided paying their dues to the state in the last couple of years. Since 2013 they have run up debts of 21.6 billion euros to the tax authorities, most of which concern arrears of below 3,000 euros each, which they can now repay in up to 100 installments.

European Parliament President Martin Schulz sent his very pointed message to the leftist Greek government through a report on Linkedin.

As Schulz explains: "It's not about making headlines, but doing something useful and acti in citizens' best interest."

By Roula Salourou & Prokopis Hatzinikolaou

A new tax program which allows people with debts to the tax authorities and social security funds to pay them off in a maximum of 100 installments has seen arrangements drawn up for arrears of more than 2 billion euros, according to official figures.