Next week’s government meetings are expected to be finalized and the latest details of the lighting and aid package announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis from the step of the Thessaloniki International Exhibition (TIF). These are announcements that will concern tax cuts Focusing in the middle class and families with children, reinforcements to pensioners and retirees as well as interventions to address the housing issue with the aim of leasing the thousands of homes to be rented by their owners.
A key priority of the government as announced by statements by the Prime Minister and its top executives throughout last week in view of the TIF is to utilize the over -performance of the economy and the income from the fight against tax evasion to reduce taxes and taxes in the midst Problems such as demographic and housing are addressed with measures involving reductions in families with children and interventions to increase the bid on the housing market.
The package of measures will range from € 1.5 billion and is the result of additional revenue brought to the budget by the strong growth rates of the economy and the policy of restricting tax evasion. This over -reward is also certified by the latest data on the course of the budget that the primary surplus in the seven months of January – July 2025 amounted to € 7,939 billion of more than twice the original target of EUR 3,599 billion with tax revenue to EUR 40,434 billion.
With the “air” of these performances at the Prime Minister’s meetings with the financial staff next week, the TIF package will be locked up next week, which according to all the scenarios on the table will include:
- Changes in the tax scale with emphasis on incomes of 20,000 to 40,000 euros that will have relief in the lower categories.
- Increase the tax -free for families with children depending on the number of children.
- Interventions in the imputed way of taxing self -employed.
- Abolition of the balance of personal difference for 600,000 pensioners before 2016 in order to receive annual increases in pensions.
- Income reinforcement of uniforms that will bring increases in their earnings.
Separate chapter in the Prime Minister’s announcements at the TIF will be the interventions to tackle the housing crisis. The aim is to increase the supply of housing on the market, which is why it is expected to be announced a network of incentives and disincentives in this direction that will concern the owners in parallel with facilities to tenants.
Specific announcements are expected to be made for the social residence program promoted by the government. The announcements for the housing market will include the extension for another year and in 2026 of the suspension of VAT on newly built real estate.