The economic suffocation in which hundreds of thousands of households are found is also reflected in the figures of the Independent Public Revenue Authority (AADE) for tax compliance, i.e. in how far they pay their taxes on time.
In the eight months of January–August 2025, approximately 90% of businesses paid their income tax on time, when the tax compliance rate for individuals stood at 73.5%. In March, in fact, businesses reached an unprecedented rate of 97.72%, as they paid their income tax before the normal deadline.
According to the tax compliance “map” of AADE:
- Of the 4.363 billion euros of corporate income tax, which should have been paid on January 8th – August, 3.903 billion euros were paid on time, with the result that the rate of on-time payment of corporate income tax was 89.46%. Individually in August the tax compliance rate stood at 88.84%, up from 89.18% in July, 87.23% in June, 91.10% in May, 92.06% in April, 97.72% in March, 91.2% in February and 86.61% in January.
- The collectability of the personal income tax was 73.54% in the 8th month as taxpayers paid 1.953 billion euros within the deadline of the total amount of 2.656 billion euros. Almost three out of ten euros of personal income tax remained unpaid, resulting in the swelling of arrears. According to the AADE data, the new unpaid taxes for the same period amounted to 6.135 billion euros, registering a 24.8% increase compared to the corresponding period last year (4.916 billion euros). In August the tax compliance rate stood at 74.07%, with households paying on time €460 million out of a total bill of €620 million.
- On the VAT front, the compliance rate was 81.86%, as of the 13.902 billion euros owed for the period January – August 2025, the State collected 11.380 billion euros.
In particular, in August the amount that had to be paid amounted to 2 billion euros. However, 1.639 billion euros entered the state coffers, with the on-time payment index standing at 81.8%.
In Real Estate Tax, the collectability between January and August 2025 amounted to 78.16%, as 1.255 billion euros were paid out of the ENFIA installments of 1.606 billion euros that had been confirmed. In August, 6,164,976 owners paid 153.67 million euros when the total debt was 190.68 million euros, that is, 80.59% of those liable paid the tax on time.
Overall, the rate of tax compliance in the 8th month for VAT, VAT and income tax of natural and legal persons, amounted to 82.09%, i.e. almost 8 out of 10 taxpayers were consistent with their obligations to the Tax Office.