I'm not a financial expert and can't speak to what's true or not, but here's [1] a short interview with Swedens former Tax Agency chief who was apparently part of a small task force to evaluate Greece's tax collection and aid in its improvement.
He claims that removing corruption is not the only problem, and that the rest of the EU are underestimating the lack of tax collection competence with regards to modern methods and processes, as well as the powerlessness and political isolation of the Greek tax chief, making his/her job impossible - e.g. by not even being allowed to pick his/her own employees.
Again, I don't know what's true or not, just providing the opinion of a former Tax Agency chief of a country that collects a lot of taxes and who apparently had the opportunity to take a closer look at Greece's tax collection.
Google Translate does a decent job with the article translation.
He claims that removing corruption is not the only problem, and that the rest of the EU are underestimating the lack of tax collection competence with regards to modern methods and processes, as well as the powerlessness and political isolation of the Greek tax chief, making his/her job impossible - e.g. by not even being allowed to pick his/her own employees.
Again, I don't know what's true or not, just providing the opinion of a former Tax Agency chief of a country that collects a lot of taxes and who apparently had the opportunity to take a closer look at Greece's tax collection.
Google Translate does a decent job with the article translation.
[1] https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=y&prev...
EDIT: Grammar.