Internal Revenue Service

A barrage of new measures against tax evasion will be implemented by the Independent Authority for Public Revenue in 2025.

With money from tax evasion, the government will fund new benefits in 2025 and 2026. The new state budget reflects that through POS and myDATA, 1.8 billion euros were saved in 2024 from tax evasion (1 billion from VAT and 800 million euros from corporate taxes), and this will be repeated in 2025, allowing 1.1 billion euros in benefits to be given to households and businesses.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis sent the message that “regardless of the US election result, Greek-American relations are strategic and will not be affected in terms of content” in his meeting with the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

Sweeping checks and cross-checks are being launched by the Inland Revenue, which is targeting, among other things, tuition fees paid to private schools to confirm whether they are declared as living expenses.

The political establishment had at first appeared allergic to the idea of an independent agency tasked with detecting tax evasion and collecting public revenue. 

The outcome of their appeal was successful for 30% of taxpayers who challenged decisions by the tax administration between January and July, according to data from the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE).

The government is intensifying efforts to improve tax compliance and public sector efficiency by implementing financial penalties for state officials who fail to submit taxpayer data on time.

The announcements include measures beyond those introduced by the Prime Minister a month ago. Minister Kostis Hatzidakis discussed four major changes:

The Four Changes:

A serious taxpayer extortion scandal has been uncovered on the island of Corfu following an investigation by the Hellenic Police (ELAS) in collaboration with the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE). This case comes just months after a similar corruption incident was exposed at the Halkida tax office (DOY) on Evia island.

The President of SEV is calling for the amendment of the Development Law and the inclusion of large investments with tax incentives in it, given the termination of the Recovery Fund and as a measure to close the investment gap that the country continues to present against the rest of Europe despite the significant improvement of the last five years.