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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-04-04
CONTENTS
[01] Light quake jolts Cephalonia
[02] Government will not raise VAT in tourism and staple goods
[01] Light quake jolts Cephalonia
ANA/MPA---A light quake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale was recorded
at 7:38 on Saturday on Cephalonia.
The quake's epicentre was located 14km north-northwest of the island of
Cephalonia and 282km west of Athens.
[02] Government will not raise VAT in tourism and staple goods
ANA - MPA -- The government will not raise the VAT in tourism and
staple goods, according to a document co-signed by Finance Minister
Yanis Varoufakis and Alternate Finance Minister Nadia Valavani, and
submitted to Parliament on Friday as an answer a relevant question.
"The government does not intend to raise VAT in economic activities such
as tourism or staple goods (food, medicine etc)," the two ministers say
in the document, adding that "the main target of the economic policy is
to reform the tax system in a way that it ensures tax justice according
to the constitutional demands for a fair distribution of tax burdens."
The ministers also note that according to the government's pledges for
reforms made ahead of the Eurogroup meeting on March 9, tax revenues
would increase through the implementation of practical measures to battle
evasion of payment of the VAT.
The document was submitted following a question by New Democracy MP
Giannis Kefalogiannis.
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