New arrangement for arrears to the state

The Finance Ministry is drafting a plan for taxpayers to repay the debts that have accumulated during the pandemic so that enterprises and freelance professionals can start looking ahead again.

The debts to the state that have been suspended for now exceed 3 billion euros, while the pool of expired dues has grown by about €5 billion since the start of the year.

Sources say that the ministry is considering a "special purpose" arrangement that will concern all taxpayers' debts that remain without a settlement plan by April 2021.

This means that the new framework for payments in installments will concern all state debtors and not just those who have suffered as a result of the pandemic.

Thousands of enterprises and freelancers who will want to get back to normal once the health crisis is over will be faced with old arrears from the first lockdown,...