By Chrysostomos Tsoufis

They enter the occupied zone of transmission from tomorrow Tuesday those who have debts to the tax authorities that exceed €150,000. Either in their e-mail address or in their inbox at taxis, they will receive an ultimatum stating that they have 15 days, until July 24, to settle their debts or better yet pay them off. Otherwise, on July 31 – after the extension that was given – their data “will be hung on the pegs”.

The list of debtors currently numbers according to information about 27,000. Their overdue debts, which exceed €150,000 for each, are more than a year in arrears. Therefore, the list includes debts that arose before the calendar year of the publication date.

Debts also exist to EFKA and the insurance funds. Here, in fact, the list is longer, around 35,000, with EFKA having started the notifications – and of course continuing – for some days now. Here too the result will be the same, if they do not settle or pay they will see their name published. These approximately 62,000 large debtors of both categories constitute only 1% of the total, but they own 90% of the debts to the State, approximately €125 billion.

In the list of “stigmatized”, if it is natural persons, the information that will be written will be the VAT number, the name, the father’s name, the basic debt and the contributions to Public Financial Services/Control Centers, Customs and a partial total of the debt for each group of services and agencies.

If it is a legal entity, the Tax Registry Number, name, registered office address, basic debt and contributions to Public Financial Services/Control Centers, Customs, E.F.K.A. and the partial total due for each group of services and agencies and observations.

Off the list and based on the current framework, the following debts will remain even if they meet the criteria:

  • the debts which have been subject to a regulatory regime and the terms of which are respected
  • the debts which are subject to a suspension of payment by a temporary order, a court decision, an act of an administrative body or by law
  • the debts which have been classified as uncollectible
  • the debts which deceased or minors and
  • the debts of legal entities within the narrow or wider public sector.

However, even after publication, correction is possibleremoval or even deletion of the data either ex officio or at the request of the debtor.

The process of making the data public began in 2017. It froze in 2020 due to the pandemic and restarted last year. Last year a list of 27,000 TINs was made public, although many businesses were included either closed or bankrupt, with debts that, although uncollectible, are still included in the volume of delinquencies.