The extension of the application deadline for the “Digital Transactions” program until March 19 the Independent Public Revenue Authority announced on Tuesday. The program covers part of the purchase and POS interface costs as well as a number of additional digital needs of a business.

Applications at a fast pace

Already the applications that have been submitted to the 4th round of funding have exceed 132,000. Each business, if it meets the eligibility criteria, can receive a grant for more than one category.

The categories are as follows:

  • Category 1: Provision of a new or replacement of an existing EFT/POS.
  • Category 3: Obtaining e-invoicing provider services & invoicing software.
  • Category 4: VAT & ADIME upgrade for EFT/POS interface.
  • Category 5: Replacement of EAFDSSS, except catering businesses.
  • Category 6: Replacement of FIM (FTM or ADIME or EAFDSSS)catering businesses.

The ranking based on the above criteria is done separately for each category, taking into account the following limitations:

(a) Only one application in each category may be supported.
(b) For applications submitted in the current cycle, it is not possible to combine aid in categories (3) and (4) together, (3) and (5) together, (3) and (6) together, (5) and (6) together.

Clarifications

It is recalled that, for the business to receive support for all-in-one cash systems, which include EFT/POS software (softPOS) and service
electronic invoicing provider, two separate applications should be submitted, one in category 1 and one in category 3 respectively.

In the event that a company has joined previous financing cycles (for example in the 3rd cycle, in category 4) and they cannot submit an application in a new category (for example in category 3), due to the above restrictions that apply in the current cycle, they must :

Submit to the Program’s Help Deskthrough the contact form, Responsible Declaration (considered or through gov.gr) signed by the legal representative, where they will declare that they wish to resign from category X (where X is the category they belong to) of the Program “Digital Transactions”, no later than Thursday 14 March 2024, otherwise there will not be a reasonable period of time for the examination of the request and the submission of a new application by the potential beneficiaries.

A condition of resignation is:

  • that the check has not been cashed or
  • if a check has been issued, but not cashed, to be canceled on the platform by the beneficiary himself, before submitting the Responsible Declaration.

Finally, it is clarified that if you have already been approved in a category (for example in category 1) in a previous cycle, it is not necessary to submit a waiver request for that category and reapply in the current cycle, as the checks issued can be used for making purchases of approved products and services for all cycles of the Program Categories until 06/30/2024, without differentiation per cycle.