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Let our tax inspectors in to keep an eye on you, Germany tells Greece
Berlin is demanding Greece allows in German tax inspectors to root out corruption and make sure national coffers receive their due in a country where revenue evasion is an art form. More than 160 volunteers from various finance offices in Germany are on standby – most of them speak English and at least a dozen of them Greek – and are ready to attempt to get Greeks to pay their fair share of income tax. Finance department secretary of state Hans Bernhard Beus announced his plan to the WirtschaftsWoche business magazine. It comes just weeks after Europe rejected a German move for a financial overlord to oversee all ... (full story)
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