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High-tech tax authority helps Greece return to Europe’s financial mainstream
['Associated Press']
News – San Diego Union-Tribune
By DEREK GATOPOULOSATHENS, Greece (AP) — With a pristine white exterior, the Greece tax authority’s new headquarters looks out of place on a clogged industrial artery outside Athens.
Greece’s tax system — once a byword for inefficiency — has been rewired by technology.
“We worked systematically over the years, with dedication,” Giorgos Pitsilis, governor of the revenue authority, told the AP.
(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)The building of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue headquarters (AADE) in Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025.
About 70% of his sales are now electronic — all transactions are instantly referred to the tax authority.
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