Abstention from all lawsuits of interest of the Greek State and of the NPDD of the narrow and wider public sector, before civil, criminal and administrative courts from Thursday, November 9, 2023 until the passing of the bill on the taxation of freelancers, without ruling out a new round of further mobilizations, the Board of Directors of the DSA decided reacting to the new measures.

The entire announcement of the DSA is as follows:

The Government by introducing presumptive taxable income, in the name of allegedly fighting tax evasion, in reality “turns a blind eye” to tax evasion of large incomes, adopting the practice “better few than many, than many than few”. In this direction, he characterizes, by arrest, all freelance professionals and scientists as tax evaders and decisively hits the middle class, the backbone of the Greek economy and society. Apparently, she envied the glory of the “Katrugalo law” by shifting the field of her intervention from the insurance to the tax field, not forgetting the recent exorbitant increase in insurance contributions by the current government.

Taxation based on presumptive income, i.e. income that has not been earned, does not fight tax evasion but leads to a worsening of the economic situation and the disappearance of dynamic sectors of the Greek economy.

The claim that the evidence is rebuttable is obviously addressed to the ignorant since it is known from past experience that any attempts to challenge it have proven futile. Likewise, the attempt to equate freelancers with employees is unproven and misguided, given that freelancers are a different category from that of employees, neither do they have tax-free income nor the discounts and exemptions of employees. Furthermore, not the net taxable salary of the employee but the gross salary, including insurance contributions, is used to determine the presumptive taxable income.