Independent Authority

The Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) is responding to tax evasion with artificial intelligence and with special inspection crews for businesses that show high activity but not the corresponding revenues.

The electronic platform of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) opened on Friday for the new extraordinary arrangement with 36 to 72 tranches for tax debts that arose after November 1, 2021, but also for the revival of the old 36-, 72- or 120-installment arrangements.

Small tax debtors are making use of the favorable provisions offered by the Finance Ministry, entering the 72- or 120-installment arrangements that have been instituted, or even the fixed arrangement.

The use of electronic transactions, the reduction of taxes as well as the favorable repayment arrangements (72 and 120 installments) have led to the reduction of state debtors by some 400,000 compared to 2018, according to the data of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE).

The platform for submitting the 2023 income tax forms has opened, the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) said on Friday. 

The deadline for filing Greek income (for the 2022 calendar year) is June 30. For those owing tax, the first installment will be due at the end of July 2023 and the last on February 29, 2024 (eight installments). 

The Finance Ministry and the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) on Thursday announced the interconnection of cash registers and tax mechanisms with card readers (POS) from June 2023. In a period of six months after the elections, POS are expected to be installed everywhere - i.e. in every business.

After 26 years of the electronic systems Taxis (tax system) and Taxisnet (applications for citizens), the government and the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) are proceeding with changes, with the aim of taking the tax office into a new era, covering and supporting complex inspections technologically and operationally.

The Arbitration Department of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) functions like a small and efficient court of justice with speedy procedures.

The high tax collection rate, combined with the rise in takings from overdue debts, led to an increase in budget revenues in the previous year. This fact enabled the government to provide significant support measures for households and pensioners.

Efforts are under way to reduce the bureaucracy that accompanies property transfers by the relevant departments of the Ministry of Finance which, among other things, plans to abolish the certificate of payment of inheritance or parental tax and the certificate of water supply of a building.