Greece will approach the European average in vacuum VAT The next four years was reported by its commander Independent Public Revenue AuthorityN, K. George Pitsilisin the framework of the 3rd Forum for Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, which takes place on February 26 and 27 in Alexandroupolis.

Describing the great progress made in the fight against tax evasion thanks to digital transformation, Mr. Pitsilis said: “Mydata already has an important footprint in the battle for tax evasion with 3.6 million transactions, 1.5 million companies and the pre -come VAT declarations. We have managed to reduce VAT vacuum, which is the European Index for tax evasion, from 29% where it was in 2017, to 13.7% today and our goal is to reach the European average, ie 5%, 2029. ”

At the same time, he described the plans for the creation of a tax audit center in Thrace in the context of the reorganization of services in the Region and with the aim of utilizing executives in different cities in the area.

As he said, he is one of the reforms he discussed on the tour he held in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace in order to make the tax audit more effective in the Thrace region.

On this tour he also noticed the poor state of the Xanthi Customs Building, for which he requested immediate upgrading. “I saw the customs office of Xanthi and I was worried,” he said, “I didn’t imagine what I saw, the rain has eroded.”