A set of measures for the use of digital tools and the limitation of cash will be legislated immediately after the announcements made by the Prime Minister at the TIF so that there are quick results in the battle to combat tax evasion, he emphasizes in an interview with “Kathimerini tis Kyriaki” Minister of National Economy and Finance Kostis Hatzidakis.

“Then the government will study a series of other initiatives, for a more fair and modern tax system. We are not talking about more taxes, our goal is less taxes. And the reduction of tax evasion will allow us to lower the tax rates later” notes the minister. “One of the issues we are studying is the taxation of freelancers…we want to see how we can have a system which, without affecting entrepreneurship and without creating legal issues, will lead to fairer taxation, one that satisfies and the right feeling” he added characteristically.

Regarding the utilization of digital tools, K. Hatzidakis clarifies, among other things, that: “The flagship of our effort will be the connection of the POS with the cash registers and the AADE to carry out the corresponding checks. There I will work personally so that we do not escape the schedules and in the first months of 2024 the connection of 450,000 businesses is completed. At the same time, the initiatives for electronic invoices are progressing, for the myDATA and the generalization of these initiatives. The crossings already made by AADE in Zakynthos and on the Aegean islands in the last few days show that the connection of POS with cash registers can bring very significant income”

“Serious fiscal policy is a pro-people policy,” says the Minister of National Economy and Finance. As he notes: “We had a large package of benefits immediately after the election of the government. I think it is rare that a government votes to implement 50% of its pre-election program right after the elections. We did this. Most of them have not been implemented yet, they will be implemented in the next months or from 1.1.2024, payroll and ENFIA. Beyond that, the margins are not endless and because we passed the measures we had committed to and because objectively the country’s fiscal goals do not allow it.”

Regarding the increase in pensions, he states that it will be: “I’m a little over 3%.” This is provided for by the current law. They will be accompanied by an allowance for retirees with a personal difference, as the Prime Minister had promised”