Greek Vessel tax revenue grew to 17,617,781 euros in 2015, up from 13,154,712 in 2014 and 14,013,519 in 2013, while tax revenue from Greek shipowners grew to 45,430,869 euros in 2015 from 40,546,161 euros in 2014, Alternate Finance Minister Tryfon Alexiadis said in a report, forwarded to Parliament.
Alexiadis was responding to questions made by Communist Party deputies Christos Katsotis, Nikos Karathanasopoulos, Diamanto Manolakou and Manolis Sintihakis, who requested information on taxes paid by Greek shiponwers during the last three years.
Merchant Shipping and Island Policy Minister Thodoris Dritsas, in a written response to the four deputies, noted that a total of 524 shipping companies (representing more than 90 pct of total fleet capacity) participated in the voluntary tax payment scheme of the shipping community.
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