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Greek VAT gap narrowed 22.4 pct to 4.9 bln in 2014, EC report shows
EconomyThe European Commission (EC) published a report on Tuesday examining the evolution of the VAT gap in EU countries based on the most recent data available, from 2014. The VAT gap is a measure of VAT compliance and it is defined as the difference between the amount of the collected VAT revenues
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Capital controls trigger big rise in card use and VAT revenues, Bank of Greece data shows
EconomyMacroeconomycontrols in July 2015 is having a positive impact on VAT revenues by improving collectability, the Bank..., the recent rise in the VAT rate is having a negative effect on VAT revenues and the BoG suggests the launch of more initiatives to widen further the use of cards as well as the lowering of VAT rates
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Feb budget primary surplus confirmed at 840 mln, as revenues overperform
EconomyMacroeconomyof collection of last year’s tax dues. VAT intakes beat their target by 280 million and special
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March budget primary balance short of target, but taxes continue to overperform
EconomyMacroeconomyof accruals collection of last year’s tax dues. VAT intakes beat their target by 496 million
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FM rallies opposition to Turkey-Libya deal as Athens prepares for EastMed signing
PoliticsForeign Policyfrom Ankara’s side, especially following the signing of two memoranda with Libya. In this context... announcement said that talks centred on the situation in Libya and prospects of ending the civil
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Greece, Turkey launch new round of talks as Libya sea deal casts shadow
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign Minister Nikos Dendias is due in Brussels on Monday to attend the General Affairs Council which will focus, among other things, on the ongoing developments in Libya. According to media... in Libya on November 29, 2019. The inclusion of the memorandum’s sea zone maps in the UN's database
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Proposed VAT overhaul a stepping stone towards agreement with lenders?
EconomyProgrammeGreece and its lenders are broadly in agreement on the restructuring of Greece’s VAT system, which... night, explaining for the first time in public what the new VAT system might look like. Greece has currently two main VAT rates at 13 and 23 percent and a lower rate of 6.5 percent for hotel
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Is VAT all you've got?
Agorathe most of the skeptical troika finally giving in on a longstanding Greek demand for VAT in the food... that the troika had begun listening to Greece. Indeed, the VAT reduction represents something.... The government hopes the VAT cut will boost one of the biggest employers in Greece’s all-important
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Delay to final tranche over island VAT as lenders quash talk of pension cut reversal
EconomyProgrammeraised objections to the way in which Athens decided to extend the discount on VAT on five Aegean... consultation over the decision not to increase the VAT rate on the five islands in question at the end of June... the VAT rate on five islands,” said ESM managing director Klaus Regling after Thursday’s meetings
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SYRIZA looks to eat further into ND's poll lead in final week of campaign
PoliticsGreek Politics, known as the 13th pension, was released on Friday, while VAT on more than 5,000 food products... repeated that as long as the budget continues to overperform there will be more permanent positive
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