Swing in favor of salary workers

The government is turning its attention this year to easing the burden on salaried labor. It is keeping some measures under wraps for the time being.

Plans include accelerating the abolition of the solidarity levy while bringing forward the reduction of social security contributions, thereby reducing the costs for salary workers and enterprises alike. Therefore, instead of reducing the corporate tax from 24 percent to 20 percent this year, the government is now mulling the earlier reduction of contributions that employers and employees pay.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during an interview on Alpha TV on Thursday night that "taxation on salaried labor remains high. We shall weigh whether we require an additional reduction in the contributions of workers. The capacity for the reduction of the solidarity levy will stem from the performance of the economy and...

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