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Greece to ban overcrowded migrant sleeping quarters: €10 for a chair, €20 for a mattress in exploitative rental racket
Proposed legislation will outlaw the commercial rental of individual sleeping spaces in residential flats, with fines of up to €10,000, daily penalties and property closures
Airbnb listings in Greece fall by thousands as restrictions deter property owners
Bank of Greece figures show a 2.1% decline in registered short-term rental properties, as tighter restrictions, ownership transfers and rising compliance costs reshape the market
Owner & employees of Pizza Fan, Greece’s largest delivery chain, arrested in €25 million VAT fraud investigation
Greek police uncover alleged scheme involving manipulated receipts dating back to 2022 – Senior company executives, accountants, a programmer and store managers among those arrested – More than €500,000 in cash, luxury cars and jewelry seized
From the Property Ownership Register to new audit centres: AADE’s seven new measures
AI tools and a new model for tackling tax evasion in 2027 – what the new Fiscal Plan submitted to the European Commission by the Ministry of National Economy and Finance reveals
Coast guard, customs, and the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) seized a shipment of 10.5 million contraband cigarettes at the Port of Piraeus, valued at €2.1 million in evaded taxes and duties
A 33-year-old foreign national was arrested in connection with the case – The smuggled cigarettes were hidden in a container
Up to five chances to halve tax fines: How audit cases are closed by accepting the findings
Taxpayers can cut tax audit fines by 25% to 50% by accepting the principal debt at one of four successive stages, with the discount shrinking the longer the case drags on. Paying 25% upfront within three days secures the reduction
How the Tax Authority uncovers undeclared rental income: The €5,000-a-night VIP villa in Mykonos, the tip-off and the “double storefront” trick
Authorities scan platforms, photos, listings on social media and tax returns — Cross-checking income declared by property owners with data from Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo for the 2020, 2021 and 2022 tax years identified 24,383 unique tax IDs with discrepancies of more than €500
Nearly 500,000 tills linked to Greek tax authority to close VAT gap
New AADE data show 489,370 cash registers now connected to POS terminals, with VAT revenues up 13.1% in the first half of 2026 as electronic cross-checking sharply narrows Greece's tax shortfall and curbs undeclared turnover
Prime minister to unveil tax reward scheme for compliant taxpayers at Thessaloniki fair
The tax authority will set out who qualifies for softer advance payments and presumptive income rules, as pensioners, families, civil servants and farmers are also promised extra income support under the 2027 to 2030 roadmap
