Greece: What people say about tax measures

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Scales, bets, number of children: from Monday, accountants throughout the country constantly accept questions from their customers about whether they will pay and what tax will pay.

In order to facilitate them, the Athenian accounting Association has prepared detailed tables, where the amounts of tax reduction are recorded after state announcements of reducing tax rates.

“The general question that exists is how much tax reduction corresponds to each taxpayer. And this answer is difficult to give, in the sense that in each case the specialist should be considered and really sees how much this discount. Nevertheless, the overall impression is that they are positive, but we expected something else, something more, ”explains the president of the Athenian Accounting Association Mikhalis Polyger.

Most citizens seem to welcome these measures positively, although they are still careful with how much they will do in their daily life.

The young, but also parents who spoke with the EURONEWS camera are especially restrained and note that tax reduction, high life costs and low wages, retain their disposable income.

“The most positive thing is that, finally, this problem, demographic, which is the main problem of the country over time, the political authority finally understands that it should solve the number one issue,” says M. Polyger. “But measures are not so sharp, because they essentially classify the income from salaries and pensions that are more favorable for families with children, less so that it is not profitable for income, small or medium for business And In general, if there are other sources of incomeas an income from real estate. “

Tax benefits announced at the Fessaloniki International Exhibition will be implemented in January 2026 and will have an annual total cost of 1.7 billion euros. The Greece government states that it has exhausted as much as the fiscal space. He also warns that any further increase in expenses or a decrease in state revenues can jeopardize the country’s public finances in a particularly unreliable period, when the crisis in France negatively influenced the entire European economy.

You can see the reactions of citizens in the video above.

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