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Greece’s unstable and confusing tax system failing to deliver results
EconomyMacroeconomycompliance. It also pointed out tax collections in categories such as VAT where exemptions exist
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Budget primary surplus confirmed at 2.29 bln in April on improved tax collections, lower PIB spending
EconomyMacroeconomylargely by consumption tax rising by 9.2 percent to 2.64 billion, while VAT revenues rose by 3 percent
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May budget primary surplus confirmed at 1.53 bln as revenues rise, PIB spending falls
EconomyMacroeconomyto 3.25 billion, which offset a decrease of 2.2 percent in VAT revenue to 6.25 billion. On a monthly
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Mitsotakis warns party to be ready for elections as political contest intensifies
PoliticsGreek Politicsover two years, bring down VAT in the food service sector to 13 and then 11 percent and to negotiate
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Budget primary surplus confirmed at 635 mln in June on lower spending
EconomyMacroeconomy. This was driven mostly by an increase of 6.5 percent in consumption tax to 4.06 billion, while VAT revenues
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Last bailout tranche just days away as pension discussion looms
EconomyProgrammethe complications created by the government’s decision to extend the VAT discount on the remaining
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Budget primary surplus confirmed at 2.05 bln in July on lower PIB expenditure
EconomyMacroeconomy, while VAT revenues also rose by 1 percent to 9.12 billion. On a monthly basis, indirect taxes rose
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Greece tops OECD countries for tax rises and spending cuts
EconomyFeaturesout tax collections in categories such as VAT where exemptions exist “without any social rationale
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Tsipras pledges array of tax cuts, hopes for break on pensions
PoliticsGreek Politicsto 100 percent from January 2020, he added. Finally, he pledged that the top rate of VAT would
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Lenders appear at ease with Tsipras pledges, cautious on pension cuts
EconomyProgrammeaged under 25 and the reduction of the top rate of VAT from 24 to 22 percent in 2021, with the lower
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