I wonder if thats why NHR exists
I wonder if thats why NHR existsThey're great at luring the credulous in with compelling tax breaks
That’s right, you need to take your precautions.Be very paranoid about any solution involving Italy. They're great at luring the credulous in with compelling tax breaks. Then they find a small piece of fine print which says it only works for EU citizens or [insert other restriction here]. And as any Italian will tell you, you don't win against the Italian tax office.
Be very paranoid about any solution involving Italy. They're great at luring the credulous in with compelling tax breaks. Then they find a small piece of fine print which says it only works for EU citizens or [insert other restriction here]. And as any Italian will tell you, you don't win against the Italian tax office.
Do you have any specific questions? Tax avoidance is a national pastime in Greece. The tax authority is getting more aggressive and competent, but enforcement is still quite spotty.@Sols Would you care to elaborate on that? Thanks
Yes. Where does that tax avoidance and/or lack of avoidance take place? You mean many business or professionals getting paid in cash with no invoice/VAT? Other examples?Do you have any specific questions? Tax avoidance is a national pastime in Greece. The tax authority is getting more aggressive and competent, but enforcement is still quite spotty.
You earn 100,000 in a year but you find various ways to report less than that, so you only pay tax on for example 20,000. There are many different ways to do that, such as unreported sales (often cash), VAT fraud, issuing nonsense loans, and just good old fashioned cooking the books. Sometimes it's enough to just place money overseas and there's just no one at the tax authority with the time to go through all the reports.Yes. Where does that tax avoidance and/or lack of avoidance take place? You mean many business or professionals getting paid in cash with no invoice/VAT? Other examples?
You earn 100,000 in a year but you find various ways to report less than that, so you only pay tax on for example 20,000. There are many different ways to do that, such as unreported sales (often cash), VAT fraud, issuing nonsense loans, and just good old fashioned cooking the books. Sometimes it's enough to just place money overseas and there's just no one at the tax authority with the time to go through all the reports.
Lack of enforcement means no one is looking at all the available data and connecting the dots, either wilfully or due to incompetence/lack of resources. Most of the tax fraud going on in Greece wouldn't be possible in countries with more efficient and more effective tax authorities. And Greece is catching up.
You wire to to another account (belonging to another company or another person, domestic or foreign), keep it in cash, buy assets with it. It's not exactly sophisticated stuff. As I wrote:But if you are getting in 100K and only declare and pay tax on 20K, where are you going to keep that 80K difference building up year after year? Unless you keep it under the mattress, pretty soon the size of your bank accounts versus the declared amounts will draw the tax office attention I would guess?
Lack of enforcement means no one is looking at all the available data and connecting the dots, either wilfully or due to incompetence/lack of resources. Most of the tax fraud going on in Greece wouldn't be possible in countries with more efficient and more effective tax authorities. And Greece is catching up.
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