Do you want to project yourself a little into the future that these criminal policies shape us day by day? Well, it's still the Greeks who give us the opportunity... Invariably we reap what we sow... And only fools deny the reality of the figures as long as they are not at the foot of the wall... Alas! Afterwards it is too late... Fortunately other countries made other choices, and I think that four years later we can see the difference...
Also don't rely on our policies to admit their corruption their mistakes. They will prefer to put us all on the street, rather than reveal themselves. So, I say it and I repeat it, even I hammer it! The ball is in your camp... Grab yourself before being sent off the pitch...
The inexorable rise in unpaid bills observed by the Greek tax authorities is of concern to the government. The government is looking for solutions.
The inexorable rise in tax arrears in Greece, which concerns more than a third of taxpayers, is of concern to the government, which is examining in particular the possibility of setting deadlines.
"We need to give taxpayers a breather. Since the beginning of the year, outstanding payments have continued to increase rapidly, we are examining solutions," a source at the Ministry of Finance told AFP, confirming press reports. .
One of the proposals would be to increase the number of monthly payments provided for under the procedure for the amicable settlement of unpaid debts. Currently planned in twelve installments, it could increase to 48 installments but "it is a question which must be discussed with the troika" EU-ECB-IMF of the country's creditors, this source told AFP.
According to data from the ministry, in the country of eleven million inhabitants, 3.344.246 taxpayers have tax payment arrears. At the end of April, these constituted a cumulative amount of more than 66 billion euros, or more than a third of the 182 billion euros of GDP in 2013.
The rate of increase in delinquencies in a country that has gone through six years of recession continues to grow: over 5 billion between 2010 and 2011, over 8 billion between 2011 and 2012, over 10 billion between 2012 and 2013, over 12,5 billion between 2013 and 2014.
4,3 billion bad debts since January 2014
Over the first four months of this year, 4,3 billion unpaid bills have already been added to the total.
The government of Antonis Samaras, a conservative Prime Minister who governs with the Socialists and whose party was overtaken by the radical left Syriza in the Europeans, recently announced its desire to gradually lower taxes which have soared to make return money to the state coffers bankruptcy.
However, this commitment will be very difficult to keep in a constrained budgetary context for the country, which is still under close surveillance by its donors.
Deputy Finance Minister Giorgos Mavraganis had recently indicated that tax cuts would not jeopardize the government's revenue target set in the medium-term budget, which would be achieved thanks to the "return of growth" (+0,6% expected in 2013) and "in the fight against tax evasion".
Source (s): Challenges.fr via Master Confucius
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