I read an article about tax collection in Greece a while a go and it talked about people bribing the tax collectors to look the other way. Apparently it is much cheaper to pay minimal taxes and then just kick some money to the auditor to sign off on your taxes.
Somehow I think they need to change the culture to establish paying taxes as the patriotic thing to do; maybe coupled with tax reform to make things simpler. The mentality has to change from a view that not paying taxes is one upping the government to a view that not paying taxes is stealing from your neighbors.
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