The inspections of the Independent Public Revenue Authority in October were also sweeping, across the spectrum of the market.

The most important findings are the following:

  • Television production company, for the tax years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, concealed a total amount of VAT of 3.9 million euros, based on 33 invoices, received, and is required to pay a fine of 2 million euros.
  • A steakhouse, from 3-8-2023 to 22-9-2023, did not transmit 17,000 tax items to AADE, with a total value of 184,000 euros, plus VAT 25,000 and was sealed.
  • A shoe retail business, in Athens, did not forward 700 receipts, with a total value of 8,000 euros and was sealed.
  • In 2020 and 2021, a clothing business in Athens, after a cross-check between the courier company’s counterpayments and the issued receipts, it was found that it had not issued 46,500 receipts, with a total value of 3 million euros, plus VAT 720,000, with the consequence that it was charged a fine of 355,000 euros.
  • A sole proprietorship owned by a well-known singer, was audited for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019, and it was found that it had not issued 16 invoices, with a total value of 51,500 euros, plus VAT of 10,720 euros, and for 2019 it had not paid VAT of 31,000 euros.
  • A scrap wholesale business, in 2016, carried out virtual transactions of issuing and receiving virtual tax data, with a total value of 1.5 million euros.
  • Restaurant, with stores in Athens and Skiathos, in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, invoiced with large discount rates, concealing revenues of a total value of 90,000 euros, plus VAT of 21,500 euros. A fine of 64,000 euros was imposed on the company in question.
  • A well-known night entertainment center in Athens, in the current tax year, had not forwarded 2,600 receipts, with a total value of 165,000 euros, plus VAT of 39,400 euros, and had concealed VAT of 34,200 euros. It was imposed on the company in question a fine of 37,000 euros.
  • Aesthetics and beauty products trading center, in which a cross-check was carried out between the data from a well-known courier company and the issued tax data, it was found that it had not issued 6,270 tax data, with a total value of 439,000 euros, plus VAT of 106,000 euros, with the consequence that it was charged a fine of 52,600 euros.