Tax
Who can dispute the tax on the self-employed
Only in cases where someone is hospitalized, unemployed, studying or imprisoned will the presumptive income announced by the government be contested. This figure starts from the amount of 10,920 euros and reaches up to €14,196.
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Fair distribution of takings
The government's new measures to combat tax evasion by self-employed professionals will be a source of strengthening budget spending in sensitive sectors, such as health and education, from an estimated additional revenue of 874 million euros that will be secured. After the abolition of the fee for practicing certain professions, these takings will be limited to €606 million.
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Reforming taxation
The intervention attempted in the taxation of freelancers and the self-employed could find resistance everywhere: Those affected may consider it too high, while salaried employees, who are not able to hide their income, may consider it cowardly, as the income that the self-employed are required to declare is placed at the minimum wage level.
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Probing professionals with discrepancies
Tax authorities are completing cross-checking on 3.8 million tax registration numbers yielding significant results about taxpayers with high gross receipts and zero profits, but that is not the end of the process: In the coming period, possibly within the month, cross checks will also begin for those who declare higher profits but there is still a big difference with their declared gross income
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Closing professional loopholes
The government is limiting the options of professionals looking for loopholes to avoid presumptive taxation.
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A step in the right direction
The government announced new tax measures for the self-employed on Tuesday with the aim of cracking down on tax evasion, which is estimated to exceed 10 billion euros per year.
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Central banker: Greeks spend €40 bln more than they declare
Greeks spend €40 billion more than they declare as income, Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras told the 19th annual Tax Forum of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce Tuesday.
Greek central banker calls for tougher crackdown on tax evasion
Calling for a comprehensive action plan to tackle burgeoning tax evasion, Greek Central Bank Governor Yannis Stournaras on Tuesday warned that the size of the shadow economy is estimated at nearly 21% of gross domestic product.
Platform for whistleblowers
A bonus of up to 3,000 euros is promised to taxpayers who identify tax dodgers by scanning receipts through the "appodixi" cellphone app and discovering that it is either not genuine or has not been forwarded to the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE).
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Citizens’ complaints submission digital platform goes live
The new digital platform that allows citizens to file complaints regarding corruption and tax evasion went live on Monday via myaade.gov.gr.
Citizens can file complaints by name or anonymously by selecting one of the three categories, which are corruption, tax violations, or customs violations.