Greece to stop collecting property tax via electricity bills

Greece plans to stop collecting an unpopular property tax through electricity bills and impose a unified real estate levy instead, after an outcry over poor households whose electricity was cut off for failing to pay. The finance ministry said it would submit a bill to parliament later on Thursday proposing a new levy on property to be collected directly by tax authorities from 2014. Inspectors ...

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