Road tax deadline extended

The Finance Ministry has decided to extend the deadline of road tax payment by two months, to February 26, as part of the measures aimed at supporting households and enterprises battered by the pandemic.

The extension of the lockdown has resulted in an expansion of the support measures for workers and corporations, with the ministries of Finance and Labor announcing a set of interventions to apply for the coming weeks and months.

The road tax, originally due by end-December, is now payable until February 26, with the amount remaining the same as last year - totaling more than 1 billion euros. This year's pay notices also include a QR code that makes online payment even easier.

The monthly special-purpose compensation of €534 is being extended to employers and employees across the country if their businesses are shut down or are suffering seriously due to the...