Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-06-19

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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[01] Inner Cabinet discusses draft law to combat tax evasion

[01] Inner Cabinet discusses draft law to combat tax evasion

Presenting the draft bill, Economy and Finance Minister George Alogoskoufis said the foreseen law was based on efforts over the past three years to combat tax evasion, while he noted that it revolved around three axes.

The first, calls for the expansion and strengthening of efforts to change the views of both taxpayers and tax authorities on tax evasion.

The second, calls for measures to boost efficiency and performance of tax inspections, based on greater transparency, and the third calls for measures to offer incentives to taxpayers.

"We offer incentives for some selected categories of spending, but not for all categories. This is obvious. This law will lead us to much better results to better fund the social state and to achieve greater tax justice," Alogoskoufis said.

The minister said he would present the draft bill in detail over the next few weeks.

Caption: Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis.

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