A 10 day work stoppage from August 17 to 26 will keep tax office staff away from on site checks at restaurants, hotels and shops just as Greece's revenue authority pushes to intensify audits during the busiest weeks of summer

A new Hellenic Court of Audit report finds that 81% of public entities still lack a functioning internal audit system and that oversight contracts worth millions are being awarded without open competition and without justification

Employing new electronic tools to combat tax evasion and identify undeclared incomes, the country's tax bureau aims to conduct nearly 73,000 audits