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The most
recent spot checks by Greek authorities found that almost half of the companies
examined were committing some kind of tax offence.
Out of
1,465 spot checks carried out between 25 July and 5 August, 731 firms were
found to be breaking the rules.
Greece has
been under pressure from the European Union and International Monetary Fund to
improve tax collection and crack down on fraud.
But despite
government efforts, tax fraud remains a serious problem.
Authorities
have been carrying out spot checks which are often based on tip-offs,
complaints or are follow-up checks which is why the rate of detection is so
high.
The islands
of Evia and Skyros had the highest rate of detection, with 85% of firms checked
found to be non-compliant.
On Mykonos,
Santorini and Crete - popular with tourists - 56% of businesses checked had
been breaking tax rules.
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