Tax burden up in Q2
Taxes on income, property, production and imports grew further in the second quarter this year, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Thursday.
The statistics service, in a report, said that taxes on income and property totaled 5.287 billion euros in the second quarter of 2015, from 4.912 billion in the same period last year and 4.379 in the second quarter of 2013. Taxes on production and imports totaled 6.698 billion euros in the April-June period, up from 6.38 billion in 2014 and 5.97 billion in 2013.
Wages rose slightly 5.304 billion euros in the second quarter from 5.298 bln in 2014 but fell from 5.646 billion in 2013, while social benefits totaled 9.688 billion this year from 9.571 in 2014 and 9.745 in 2013.
The country's public debt eased to 300.064 billion euros in the second quarter, from 317.527 in the same period last year and 317.401 bln in 2013.
