Tax returns are now being filed in Greece at an average of 21,000 per day, despite uncertainty over which tax hikes will be tacked on to this year’s declarations and an ongoing abstention – at least officially – announced by representatives of accountants’ groups.
Since the online system began accepting tax returns for the 2015 fiscal year – beginning on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 and up until Thursday, April 14, 2016 — exactly 167,449 individual returns had been filed electronically, the relevant finance ministry agency announced.
Of those, 165,598 have been processed, with 41,262 returns showing more money owed to the state as taxable income, a figure totaling slightly more than 28 million euros. Another 30,757 statements show a return of money for taxpayers, totalling 8.4 million euros. The rest, 93,579 income tax returns, show a zero balance, i.e. no taxes owed and no return.
More than 490,000 taxpayers or their accountants used the tax bureau’s online system (Taxisnet) to access the income tax application, with roughly 157,000 tax returns currently deemed as “temporary”.
The average tax rebate is 275,44 euros for taxpayers eligible for a return, while the average income tax owed to the state – beyond the taxes taken out by employers on a monthly basis – is 680,86 euros.
