tax

Road Tax payment deadline extended to 15 January
ATHENS. The Ministry of Finance has extended the deadline for payment of road tax and submission of number plates to 15 January.

13% VAT for all tourist services
ATHENS. The Ministry for Tourism plans tax adjustments in order to make Greek tourist services more competitive.

VAT reduction for crash helmets
ATHENS. The Government is to reduce VAT on crash helmets from 24% to 13%.

Road accident at Emporiko Kentro - Taxi crashes into kiosk!
CORFU. There was an accident on the shore road at Emporiko Kentro on Wednesday morning.

Corfu top of the list for tax violations!
Greece΄s public revenue authority, AADE inspected 7,735 businesses throughout Greece in June - finding violations in 32% of them.

Deadline for payment of road tax has been extended again
ATHENS. The Finance Ministry has extended the deadline for road tax payment for a second time - to the end of January.

Deadline for payment of Road Tax extended
ATHENS. The Ministry of Finance announced that for the convenience of the public the deadline has been extended to Friday 11 January.

State aid to be granted for a 5-star hotel and marina in Erimitis
ATHENS. The Ministry of Economy and Development approved two investment projects from NCH for Erimitis, Kassiopi.

Corfu Municipality to receive 435,000 Euros from Property and Advertising Taxes
ATHENS. The total share due to Corfu Municipality from the Ministry of the Interior is 434,620 Euros following the signature of the Minister Alexis Haritsis.

Over 40 Corfu businesses penalised for tax violations
CORFU. At least 40 food and beverage establishments will have their operations suspended from Sunday following inspections that have been conducted over the last five days in the Ionian Islands.

Tax Office inspecting businesses in Corfu Town
CORFU. Checks will also be carried out in tourist areas.

Spot checks for undeclared income from Airbnb services
The Tax Office has set up a system of spot checks to detect taxpayers who rent out accommodation via the Airbnb internet platform but do not declare the rental income in their tax declarations.

How ‘Stayover Tax’ will be charged
CORFU. A circular regarding the Stayover Tax has been issued. The tax is to be fully charged to each customer even in the case of the accommodation being rented to more than one customer on the same day.

How the overnight accommodation tax will be charged and collected
ATHENS. The Treasury has submitted to parliament an amendment to the overnight tax legislation.

Extension of road tax payment deadline to 5 January
The deadline to pay road tax for 2018, which was 31st December – 29th for those paying at the bank or post office – has been extended to Friday 5th 2018.

Overnight tax is noose around the neck of Greek tourism
CORFU. The Federation of Entrepreneurs of Corfu Tourism Enterprises (OETK) claim that, with the overnight tax, the government is putting a noose around the neck of legitimate businesses and allowing illegal businesses to continue receiving customers with impunity.