Tax evasion in Greece rises in 2010
18 November 2011
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ATHENS - Tax evasion in Greece actually rose in 2010, based on tax statements submitted during that year for income earned in 2009, according to a finance ministry announcement.
In an announcement issued on Wednesday, as AMNA news agency reports, seven in 10 freelance workers declared an income lower than the 12,000-euro tax-free allowance of that year so that 273,662 freelance workers out of a total of 378,876 that submitted income tax statements during that year paid no tax at all.
During the same year, only 443 self-styled professionals declared incomes greater than 200,000 euros a year and only six declared incomes above 900,000 euro. Out of total tax-payers submitted tax statements in 2010, only 52 declared incomes above 900,000 euro in that year, of which 15 were salaried employees.
Another 204 tax-payers declared incomes ranging from 500,000 euro to 900,000 euro in that year.
Source: ANSAmed.
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