About the traffic taxes, about the tax rate at 15% for multinationals and about the reduction of presumptions in 2024, the Deputy Minister of Finance, Haris Theocharis, spoke on the First Program of the Hellenic Radio.

“15% tax rate on multinationals from January”

“This is an issue that will also be discussed in the Council of Ministers. However, our country was very active in the previous period in the consultations that took place in the OECD (…) So here a great coordinated effort was made. All the OECD countries joined together and there was one agreement at OECD level with two pillars. And the second pillar is the one which it has been adopted by many countries and can be adopted by our country. So this agreement was transposed as a European directive and that is very important” he initially stated to the reporter.

“Evidence is decreasing in 2024”

Asked afterwards about the issue of evidence, he emphasizes the following “As for the proof of living, which is important, we will review it. We have already started a process to rationalize them, because at the moment we see that in some cases they may either be too loose and not take into account some data or in other cases they may be too strict and have no effect (…). There is no planning to streamline the inventory. However, we have a committee that must draw up a conclusion, but that will take a few months, two or three, and from then on we will be able to have a proposal so that we can go within 24″.

Extension of traffic fees

In closing, on the current issue of traffic fees he notes “I will refer you to an order that will possibly be filed today and voted on Wednesday. Our aim is not to have continuous extensions and to go to a system which in any case is fixed, so that extensions are not needed. Nevertheless, possibly – because we are bringing all these arrangements, a few days before the deadline – for a few days we will have an extension in the process”.