By Chrysostomos Tsoufis

The pre-filled tax declarations were a big bet for the government, but also for the AADE that undertook to implement it. However, the other involved agencies did not deal with it with the same zeal.

Last May we wrote on about the multitude of tax errors in the pre-filled declarations, with the accountants even holding a “teftier” with the problems that were solved in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance and the AADE along the way. Problems arising from the inability or indifference of public bodies to send the data to AADE correctly and on time so that its competent services can then upload them to E1. Such elements, for which there were indeed problems this year, are among others:

-Salary certificates (salaries – pensions)
-Pensioner benefits
-Deductions of freelancers
-Cars in circulation in 2023

In order to avoid the repetition of such phenomena, the Ministry of Finance decided to “put gas” on the leaders of public organizations. With the tax bill that is expected, a fine of at least €2,500 will be imposed on the natural persons who manage the organizations (in fact the saddest will come to high-ranking groups of each organization from the CEO to the payroll manager who will be determined by ministerial decision) . The fines will even increase by €50/additional day of delay.

The fines for errors in the data will be smaller and depending on the extent of the errors. And these will be determined in the ministerial decision.

The “bell” will even concern its Commander AADEin the event that the platform for the submission of tax returns is not opened on the date specified by law, under the responsibility of the Authority.

From January 16 to the last day of February of each year from now on, all public bodies that have an obligation to post data for the completion of tax returns, should upload them in a timely manner and without errors after first completing their registration in a special registry. Otherwise, the fine “runs” and its daily increase.

At the same time, the leadership of the Ministry of Finance decided to clearly define the period for submitting tax returns and to put an end to extensions – tacit or official. Every year the platform will open on March 15th and stay open until July 15th. Income tax will be paid in 8 monthly installments starting from the end of July.

It also becomes clear what changes with the discount for a one-off payment of income tax until July 31:

-4% if the declaration is submitted in the first 45 operations of the application, i.e. between March 15 and April 30
-3% if the declaration is made in the next 45 days, i.e. between May 1 and June 15
-2% if the declaration is submitted in the last month of operation of the platform, i.e. between June 16 and July 15