Giorgos Pitsilis

The centralized auditing services (ELKE) in the regions of Attica and Thessaloniki will be unified, according to a decision by Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) Governor Giorgos Pitsilis, for the purpose of improving efficiency, transparency, and effectiveness of its services.

The Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) is launching intensive audits on 1,000 taxpayer IDs (AFMs) of owners with more than three short-term rental properties.

Tax revenues from short-term rentals are expected to reach 830 million euros by the end of 2024, posting a significant increase from previous years, the head of Greece's Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE), said on Tuesday.

Tax Services are being enriched with new procedures, where taxpayers are now being served for their vehicles, according to a decision by the governor of the Independent Authority for Public Revenues, Giorgos Pitsilis.

On the battle against tax evasion on the occasion of the audit of a party at a villa in Mykonos, the tax returns and the reactions of taxi drivers to the interconnection with POS spoke to ERT, Giorgos Pitsilis.

Regarding the private tax evasion party identified by the ADEA, Pitsilis said it was a “private party in which no tax legality was observed”.

A bonus of up to 3,000 euros awaits taxpayers who, through the appodixi application, have detected falsified mechanisms and fake receipts in their transactions with various businesses.

The tax audit mechanism has proceeded to check important cases of complaints, while the relevant fines provided for by the legislation have already been imposed.

The first of the two new Capital Taxation Centers (KEFOK), which undertakes to ensure the effective taxation and control of real estate, is to be activated on Monday. Their monitoring is leaving the local tax offices and all orders to them will be given centrally.

In the past, there were many cases of different interpretations, as well as glaring cases of mistakes by tax officials.

The tax administration has issued instructions to the customs control mechanism on the measures and fines they must impose in cases of fuel smuggling, and mainly on the obligations that the companies trading petroleum products and the refineries now have in relation to the gas stations, with which they do business (due diligence measures).

Taxpayers now have the ability to pay taxes, make appointments with the tax office, save all the necessary tax documents, and be updated on payment deadlines from their smartphones.

The tax administration intends to reward debtors who are consistent with the payment of dues to the state, and to establish new criteria and simpler procedures for granting evidence of tax awareness and debt certificates.