Tryfon Alexiadis

The government will reduce taxation on households and enterprises in 2017, Alternate Finance Minister Tryfon Alexiadis announced in an interview with Sunday's Kathimerini.

The state will cease repossessions of properties with a taxable, or "objective," value up to 300,000 euros on the condition that they are the debtors' main residences, Alternate Finance Minister Tryfon Alexiadis claimed on Thursday, although the country's creditors are certain to oppose the plan, while the ministry has issued guidelines to tax authorities regarding how to safeguard the state's

Taxpayers can get rid of any paper receipts they have collected so far this year, according to statements by Alternate Finance Minister Tryfon Alexiadis on Friday.

The phenomenon of appropriating state land is huge in Greece, according to figures submitted in Parliament yesterday by Alternate Finance Minister Tryfon Alexiadis.

Even local authorities have been found to have usurped state land, while in Attica alone eight out of 10 state properties have been breached by private parties.

After standing empty for 18 years, the building that was previously used as a warehouse by tobacco company Keranis on Thivon Avenue at Rendi, close to Piraeus, will get a new tenant in the form of the Finance Ministry.

Just 8 percent of taxpayers have submitted their tax statements for 2015 incomes, according to data from the General Secretariat for Public Revenue. The delay is attributed to the strike by accountants who oppose the new social security system, as well as to the absence of any hurry on the part of taxpayers to meet their obligations.

Alternate Finance Minister Tryfon Alexiadis admitted on Friday that more taxes will be imposed saying that “Of course there will be a further tax burden on 2016 incomes, but it will be fair and proportionate from a certain income level upwards”.

Angry Greek farmers have expanded their protest action against the government’s planned pension and tax reforms by blocking more highways and through the closure of a border crossing to Bulgaria. On its part, the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government is making concerted efforts to keep its composure and is persistently asking for dialogue to open.

Labour Minister Giorgos Katrougalos lashed out at Proto Thema newspaper and its online version protothema.gr accusing them of misinforming the public and denied publications according to which Greece’s lenders have asked for new pension cuts.

Labor Minister George Katrougalos, Rural Development Minister Evangelos Apostolou and Alternate Finance Minister Tryfon Alexiadis are holding a press conference on farmers’ tax and the social security system.