New York Times
March 10, 2011
The finance minister has fired the country’s top tax official for failing to increase revenue collections, efforts seen as critical if Greece is to meet its debt obligations, ministry officials said. The tax official, Dimitris Georgakopoulos, who was in charge of dozens of tax collection offices, submitted his resignation on Wednesday after a performance evaluation, the officials said. Despite efforts to overhaul the tax collection systems, revenues have declined over the last year. In January, tax revenues were down 9 percent compared to the year before. Greece had budgeted for a 5.5 percent increase. In its latest progress report on Greek fiscal and structural reforms, the European Union had noted “persistent deficiencies in tax collection.”
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