The essence of the new bill proposed by the Ministry of National Economy and Finance for the integration of Directive 2021/514 of the E.U. analyzed Mr. Haris Theoharis with his speech in the Parliament, in the context of the relevant debate and vote.

Specifically, the Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance, responsible for taxation issues, pointed out that “cooperation in the field of tax evasion at an international level helps smaller countries, such as Greece.

Without the OECD we would not be able to tax multinationals with a minimum tax of 15%. Therefore, anyone who does not vote for this bill is in favor of tax evasion. Anyone who does not vote for this bill is in favor of continuing to over-indebted our country. Anyone who does not vote for this bill does not want the investment grade for our country.”

Mr. Theoharis further explained that “with the new s/n, the second of our ministry within a short time after the June elections, we are introducing the necessary provisions in order to speed up the POS and cash register connection procedures. A connection absolutely necessary, as the audits of the summer showed many businesses that have collections by charging their customers’ cards, while not issuing a receipt. That is why we had many closures and intense activity of the control mechanisms. AADE made its presence particularly felt this summer – and it continues at the same pace. This proves and underlines our will for tax fairness. The will of the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis to prioritize the fight against tax evasion, the fight of legality against lawlessness”.

Haris Theoharis also called the opposition’s criticism of the new s/n “anemic” and “off topic”. And especially for the TAIPED issues which are resolved by the s/n, the deputy minister emphasized that “we are bringing the provision for more transparency and alternatives to the TAIPED asset utilization program and the opposition is reacting? Now that the memorandum of the Association of Audit Judges was so positive about the provisions and pulverizes the objections, will the opposition continue to not vote?’

Concluding his intervention in the Parliament, Mr. Theocharis underlined that “our country, while it has the largest debt in the EU, in order to reduce this debt, it should utilize its wealth. This is required by the effort to conquer the investment grade, this is required by European obligations, this is required by economic theory and this is ultimately required by common sense. But, of course, the opposition can, due to ideology, disagree with common sense.”