There is a difference between having tax loopholes and being a state that doesn't collect taxes properly and where tax avoidance and black work is everywhere.

There is a difference between having tax loopholes and being a state that doesn't collect taxes properly and where tax avoidance and black work is everywhere. Greece is the latter. Having been in Greece several times, it is very unsettling to being issued fake bills all the time for everything. A famous example is the swimming pool tax avoidance: http://www.zerohedge.com/article/greek-tax-avoidance-101-cover-your-swimming-pool-tarp-fool-satellite http://www.zerohedge.com/article/greek-tax-avoidance-101-cov... Some more information: http://uk.businessinsider.com/this-is-the-real-reason-greece-has-a-massive-tax-evasion-problem-2015-2?r=US http://uk.businessinsider.com/this-is-the-real-reason-greece...