In most countries the year only has 12 months. Not so in Greece. Greek government employees receive a 13th and 14th month salary. Such hand outs are now on the table to reduce the Greek budget deficit. But that's not popular. May 5th will see the closure of all shops and businesses in Greece to protest the austerity measures — even the Journalists will be on strike…

If you don't get the 13th and 14th month salary from the government, its seems popular to simply take it. Time Magazine reports

In Greece, doctors, lawyers, accountants and other self-employed professionals are among the worst offenders, says Georgakopoulos, the tax head. To prove the point, the ministry released tax information last November about doctors in the wealthy Athens neighborhood of Kolonaki, where the streets are lined with shops selling brands like Prada and Louis Vuitton. Nearly a third of registered doctors there declared annual incomes of less than $22,000. In all of Greece — a country of 11 million people — only 3,125 people declared incomes more than $280,000. "Everyone who can avoid paying taxes does," says Georgakopoulos. "The only ones who don't are the ones who can't — wage earners and pensioners whose incomes are taxed at source." Widespread evasion feeds the Greek attitude that only the stupid pay taxes. Little wonder that Greece's tax revenue is among the lowest in the European Union, 19.8% of GDP (excluding social security) compared to an E.U. average of 26.1%. (Italy's take is 29.1%, Portugal's 24.5%, Spain's 20.7%). Only a handful of E.U. countries — the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania — do worse. And none of them use the euro.