“There is no question of violation of the Stefanos Kasselakis “whereabouts” law” is Koumoundourou’s line of defense in the shadow of the prosecutor’s investigation ordered into the companies of the president of SYRIZA in the USA, but also of those that subsequently saw the light of day.
“Welcome and welcome any investigation into his finances. A clear sky, lightning is not afraid” point out to “Vima” central officials of the official opposition and note that until 2022 Stefanos Kasselakis was not obliged to submit a relevant declaration, while for 2022 the declarations have been extended.
At the same time, constant interlocutors of St. Kasselakis, since Greek law prohibits party leaders from being shareholders of foreign companies, he will sell his shares, which “in the US they are taxed at 50%”.
The news about the prosecutor’s investigation found the president of SYRIZA in Arcadia, from where he went on to counterattack via TikTok: “Unlike the gigantic fortunes of those who rule us, my own income in the US is all taxed” he said, among other things, while in a “Polaki line” he attacked the judicial officials claiming that he was being targeted “for the loan I gave to my party so that the workers would not be unpaid during the holidays”. He even urged the Prosecutor’s Office to scrutinize him, because his every income from the USA is taxed “down to the last dollar – to the last euro”.
The leading group proposes, against those who are trafficked, that St. Kasselakis, on the one hand, never hid his business activity in the USA and he came to Greece in 2023 while participating in the SYRIZA State ballot as an expatriate, and on the other hand, he does not have an offshore company in his name. Also, Koumoundourou insists that it does not fall under the 2016 law, which concerned Greek politicians making money abroad through offshore companies.
The problem for the leadership of SYRIZA, however, is the complaints of the party’s financial director until recently, Thymios Georgopoulos, regarding the much-discussed loan of St. Kasselakis.
Th. Georgopoulos, who was appointed under Alexis Tsipras and removed under St. Kasselakis, said that the specific loan was never used and was returned. Koumoundourou did not leave unanswered what she said and the appeal to the Justice is just around the corner, while Th. Georgopoulos requests that the KE be convened to inform it about the real and extremely worrying, as he notes, events in relation to lending and party finances.
What the Embassy “guide” says – Delaware’s “tax haven”
While in the last 12 months the offshore wealth that is “hidden” in various “tax havens” of the planet, according to the latest study for 2023 by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), recorded an increase of 4.8%, reaching 12 trillion. dollars, the fact that they occupy the 4th place in the top 10 offshore cross-border centers of the planet with 1.1 trillion is interesting. US dollars.
In fact, for some observers they are an emerging tax haven, the “new Switzerland”, which is evident e.g. with obscure Delaware shell companies and South Dakota State trusts, which attracts significant offshore capital mainly from Central and South America.
So when Stefanos Kasselakis entered into a loan with the company that manages the SYRIZA media as the sole partner of Osios LLC, based in the USA, with the address mentioned in the contract being 88 SW 7th ST, MIAMI, FL 33130 USA, while the seal reads “Corporate Seal, 2017, DELAWARE”, the thought of some was directed to the State of the United States of America.
Regardless of the course of the investigation ordered at the beginning of the week by the Athens Prosecutor’s Office, with the object of whether the president of SYRIZA falls under the provisions regarding “where you belong”, as it is expressly forbidden for any person to have the status of president at the same time of a political party represented in Parliament and that of the owner or manager of a foreign company, the “guide” recently prepared by the office of economic and commercial affairs of the Greek embassy in Washington, with which one can create a tax “paradise” is also of interest for business in Delaware.
Moreover, the said State does not oblige the traders to pay the tax (state corporate income tax), when no commercial activity is carried out in Delaware. However, a tax (franchise tax) is imposed, regardless of transactions within or outside the borders of the State, which for new companies amounts to approximately 300 dollars per year. Federal income tax is calculated as a percentage of the company’s annual revenue.
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