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Greece – Further Tax Relief Measures Announced - activpayroll

Written by activpayroll | May 6, 2021 11:00:00 PM

On Thursday 22 April 2021, the Greek Ministry of Finance announced various new tax relief measures in a bid to help the Greek economy recover from the devastating effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

The new measures were announced by Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, during a teleconference meeting focusing on the restart of the Greek economy.

The Relief Measures

  • From 2021 onwards, mandatory tax pre-payments will be permanently reduced from 100% to 55% for individual taxpayers engaged in business activities in Greece.
  • Mandatory tax pre-payments for 2021 are permanently reduced from 100% to 70% for corporate taxpayers, this will then increase to 80% from 2022.
  • From 2022, the corporate tax rate for taxpayers will be permanently reduced from 24% to 22%.
  • The reduction by three percentage points of the insurance contributions of private sector employees for 2022 is extended.
  • The suspension of the special solidarity contribution in the private sector is extended for 2022.

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