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Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politics, increased tax collection has also been coupled with an incessant pressure on Greek households to pay mounting debts to the state. A growing inability to pay taxes and social security contributions due... 2.5 million Greeks are failing to pay their taxes, with 4.3 billion euros of new debts being created
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Ahead of Eurogroup, Greece juggles funds to cover liquidity shortage
EconomyProgrammemillion euros. Athens has to pay an additional 1.23 billion euros in the next two weeks in three tranches... that the state will just pay wages and pensions. We understand that this would increase again arrears... obligations. According to the proposed law, those who will pay their full principal amount until
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Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016
in the excise tax on fuel and natural gas, a rise in the levy on mobile telephony and pay TV, higher taxation... intends to pay state arrears of 7 billion euros to the private sector by the end of the year... it. Maybe this is the price Greece has to pay to ensure that its citizens’ democratic right
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Crisis management policy: the sad lesson of the Greek case
Agorawould need more loans and/or easier debt terms to pay interest and principal on its old loans... is to start by finding out how big a surplus is needed to pay off all the debt, the second point is to find... economic problems and are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy also pay back their borrowings
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Survey highlights strain on mental health in Greece amid financial pressure
Societybecause they could not pay for it. In 2016, only one in four Greeks who needed primary healthcare.... At the same time, Greeks on average pay 21.10 euros a month out of their own pockets to pay
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Athens grapples with awkward reduction of tax-free threshold
EconomyProgrammethat pay taxes on wages, or income from agriculture, self-employment and pensions to 72.7 percent...). This would mean that workers with a monthly salary above 420 euros would pay income tax, while the existing... on the large number of low-income wage-earners that would have to pay income tax for the first time
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Getting to the church on time
Agoraand that, in recognition of this, the government will pay priests’ wages as a form of recompense... church does not pay its way), especially if their wages can eventually be covered by the commercial.... Mitsotakis opposes the appointments but insists taxpayers should continue to pay priests salaries
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Greeks dissatisfied with benefits scope and access, OECD survey finds
Societythey pay. Regarding the statement “I feel that I receive a fair share of public benefits, given the taxes and social contributions I pay”, most Greek respondents disagreed or strongly disagreed... percent said that they would be willing to pay more tax if it meant improved healthcare services
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Athens prepares to send draft budget to Brussels, lines up next tax measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat it will be around 300 million euros per year. Gerapetritis, said that back-pay would be awarded... many recipients there would be. The government will try to pay the majority of the back-pay
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All eyes on Piraeus as share price tumbles amid coupon payment concerns
EconomyBankingthat took place in 2015, Piraeus Bank had issued 2 billion euros of convertible bonds (CoCos) that pay... Central Bank regulations as part of the pandemic-related framework, banks are not allowed to pay out... on the ability or not of Piraeus Bank to pay the CoCos coupon. The bank has set aside 165 million
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