This year’s Holy Spirit weekend brings not only tourists but also farmers. The authorities are embarking on inspections, with the first stops being the islands and beaches of the mainland, hunting for revenue concealment, tampered receipts, and POS that point to… Estonia.

Already in Attica, the first “hits” have been recorded: a well-known restaurant in the center of Athens was operating with 8 POS that were not connected to the Greek tax authorities, leading to a fine of 40,000 euros. In an entertainment center in the northern suburbs, checks revealed a “dumb” cash register and a POS that did not send receipts, resulting in a two-day suspension of operations.

The company was found to have a 40.5 million euro fine.

The action plan calls for 43,000 checks by the end of the season, using technology such as drones, tablets, and the “Check live” app, which allows real-time scanning of receipts. At the same time, complaints via the appodixi app are increasing: in 2025 alone, almost 8,500 receipts have been recorded, many of them branded.

About 8.8 million of these cases have been reported, of which only 8.8 million are already registered, with more than 8,000 of them being authenticated.

• Offenders are not only punished with fines. The AADE is closing down shops on the spot:
• for 48 hours if more than 10 receipts or values over €500 are missing
• for 96 hours if they are missing again in the same or the following year
• for 10 days in case of a triple offence within two years
• with an additional 10 days if the seal is broken