Of Chrysostom Chufi

2 And today for those who want to take the first step to ensure the discount of 3% in their income tax. They must submit their tax return by June 15 and then pay the tax – not necessarily lump sum – by July 31.

By June 16 and then we enter the discount zone of 2% – Always in conjunction with the payment of the tax that will be confirmed by the end of July.

Nearly 2 months before the expiry of the deadline for tax returns, the picture is extremely encouraging.

Have been submitted 4.840.837 total of 6.69 million statements, ie almost 3 in 4 They have … pressed the button, 2 million more than last year at the same time, which testifies to the success of the whole process.

  • 44.61% – 2.159.497 statements – are zero
  • 32.11% – 1,554,393 returns – are debit and have already been confirmed by 2.8 billion euros of tax. The average tax they are required to pay is 1810 €.
  • 23.29% – 1,127,431 statements – – have credit clearances totaling EUR 384.6 million. with the average tax refund of 341 euros.

As has been the case in the last 2 years, those who have received, have taken their money literally in the aftermath. The numbers may have fallen slightly compared to the previous update of the data but already the vast majority, 93.2% ie 1.165.174 Taxpayers have already received their money.

Of them,

  • 824.788 They saw the money directly in their bank account as they had no other debt to the public (tax office or EFKA). The credit of money, in most cases, is carried out within a few days by the Bank of Greece. A total of 179.5 million euros were credited to their accounts.
  • 326.958 Taxpayers saw earlier debts from clearances, fines or arrangements being offset centrally with the tax that had to be repaid totaling € 88.3 million.
  • 13.428 More difficult cases of special interest were managed by local tax offices. The total amount of credit and set -offs of this group is € 11.48 million.

According to the practice of AADE, income tax debts will be offset as priority with refund rights, which exist or will be born until July 31, so that in the event of the repayment of the income tax through offsetting, the tax deduction is not lost for the taxpayer.