Budget foresees little tax relief for Greek middle class

Despite shouldering the lion's share of the tax burden during Greece's protracted financial crisis, middle-class wage-earners are set to continue doing so in the foreseeable future, according to the new tax scale included in the 2020 budget which stipulates that those earning more than 1,000 euros will see reductions of just 1.5-2 percent.
Overall some 1.34 million taxpayers, mostly wage earners or pensioners, declared an annual income of between 16,000 and 50,000 euros in 2018. The burden on them is reflected in the fact that although they account for just 15 percent of the total number of taxpayers, they paid a total of 4.4 billion euros to the tax office or 53 percent of the total income tax on individuals.
Of the 1.2 billion euros earmarked for benefits in the budget, only 281 million euros is seen going toward tax reductions for employees and pensioners. And of that...

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