Aid totaling more than € 2.5 billion will be seen in the coming months until April 2026, starting in October, more than 5 million citizens of the country. It is double or even triple increases income For certain categories of citizens, but also a significant reduction in tax and other burdens.
The biggest increases will be seen by security and armed forces executives, retirees and employees with over 10,000 euros annual income, young people up to 30 years, three -year -olds, as well as civil servants. It will also be significant to boost those who rent a home, as the rent up to 800 euros for each household is paid for the first time in November. While, next April, the 6th in a row is expected to increase the minimum wage, exceeding 900 euros and will also capture a number of benefits.
In detail the aid month to month:
October 2025
Next month, more than 150,000 Armed Forces and Security executives will see significant increases in their income due to the reform of their payroll. Increases for Armed Forces executives amount to 145 euros a month, while for security executives at € 111 per month. These aid are added to the increases of the previous April for all civil servants, but also to the horizontal increase of 100 euros of the risk allowance applied by the previous July.
Combined with the increases that will be given next April and the reduction of tax withholding from the beginning of the year, it is estimated that weighted security executives and the Armed Forces will receive an additional 1.5 to 2 wages each year. According to agents from the Ministry of National Economy and Finance, this is the largest increase in earnings in the last 20 years, as only the cost of remodeling the salaries of the uniforms amounts to approximately EUR 270 million per year.
November 2025
In November, a permanent support of 250 euros will be paid to more than 1.4 million pensioners and benefits. They are pensioners who have reached the age of 65 (with the exception of disability retired disability) with an annual income of up to EUR 14,000 (unmarried or widowed), or up to 26,000 euros (married), as well as those who receive disabled benefits. The cost of the measure is more than 360 million euros each year.
Also in November, the permanent rent return to about 1 million beneficiaries will be paid for the first time. The accounts are expected to be credited with a rent with a ceiling of 800 euros a year for the main residence, increased by 50 euros for each dependent child. Families who pay rent and for a student housing will be subsidized. The cost of the measure is EUR 230 million each year.
December 2025
Traditionally the pensions of EFKA are paid a month ago. Thus, in January pensions that will be paid before Christmas this year, the regular increase in those who do not make a personal difference, and the 50% increase to 670,000 pensioners with a personal difference, announced by the prime minister, will be implemented- except for the unexpected. Regular increases are estimated to range between 2.3%- 2.5%, with the exact rate being set at the end of the year, when inflation and GDP have been clarified. Pensioners with a personal difference will see in 2026 to receive half the increase from the rest of the pensioners and will receive the increase in integer by the beginning of 2027. The cost of partial abolition of personal difference is estimated at € 75 million for 2026 and € 210 million for 2027. The total cost for regular increases in pensioners for 2026 is estimated at € 467 million.
January 2026
It is the month that will begin to apply the tax reform. Both public and private employees, as well as retirees with incomes of more than 10,000 euros, will see their earnings with the January salaries and pensions significantly, as the tax withholding is implemented. All direct tax scales are rebuilt, which positively affects all taxpayers with an annual income of more than 10,000 euros- with young people, triples and older benefits.
Specifically:
1. The scale rates from 10,000 to 40,000 euros are reduced by 2%:
- For 10,000 to 20,000 euros, from 22% to 20%
- For 20,000 to 30,000 euros, from 28% to 26%
- For 30,000 to 40,000 euros from 36% to 34%.
2. An intermediate rate of 39% from 40,000 to 60,000 euros are highlighted, while the rate of 44% will apply to incomes of more than 60,000 euros.
3.The rate from EUR 10,000 to EUR 20,000 which will now amount to 20% for taxpayers without children, further decreases according to the number of children and even more for three -year -olds in:
- 18% for taxpayers with 1 dependent child
- 16% for taxpayers with 2 dependent children
- 9% for taxpayers with three dependent children.
4. The rates of 0 to 20,000 euros are reset for taxpayers with four or more dependent children.
5. The rate of 20,000 to 30,000 euros will now amount to 26% for taxpayers without children, is also reduced by 2 percentage points for each child:
- 24% for taxpayers with 1 dependent child
- 22% for taxpayers with 2 dependent children
- 20% for taxpayers with three dependent children
- 18% for taxpayers with four dependent children
- 16% for taxpayers with five dependent children etc.
Additional interventions for young people:
5. For young people up to 25 years, the rates of 0 to 20,000 euros are reset.
6. For young people 26 to 30 years, the rate from 10,000 to 20,000 will be 9%.
Increases from the changes in direct tax scales will be seen by employees of the private and public sector, as well as retirees from the next January. Freelancers, self -employed and farmers will see this benefit by submitting the tax year 2026 in March 2027.
Ministry officials point out that it is the highest relief of direct taxes of the transition, with the total budgetary cost- and therefore the benefit of citizens- exceeds € 1.6 billion in full implementation.
April 2026
Next April and every April, both private sector employees who are paid the minimum wage and all public sector employees will see increases in their earnings. Thus, the 6th increase in the minimum wage is expected, which currently amounts to € 880 gross and is expected to exceed EUR 900 in 2026. The increase in about 600,000 employees paid with the minimum wage will be applied in full and all 700,000 salaries. 1.3 million employees. The cost of increasing civil servants’ salaries is estimated at around € 360 million.
At the same time, the increase in the minimum wage is up and about 20 benefits, such as unemployment, license, marriage, parental leave, maternity, three -year, etc.
Additional interventions in 2026:
Finally, in addition to all of the above, in 2026 comes a series of small or large reductions in tax and aid that affect hundreds of thousands of citizens positively.
Indicatively reported:
- Reduction of ENFIA by 50% in 2026 and abolition in 2027 for main houses in settlements with a population of up to 1,500 residents, at a cost of € 75 million.
- A 30% reduction in VAT rates on acrimonious islands up to 20,000 inhabitants, at a cost of 25 million euros.
- Extension for 2026 of 3 -year income tax exemption for vacant houses leased for long -term lease.
- Extension of VAT suspension to new buildings for 2026.
- Increase in compensation of foreign services and special duties for executives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Tax -free library allowance of faculty members and researchers.
- Salary recognition of the Polytechnic and other universities with a five -year course of study, which favors more than 5,000 civil servants.
- Abolition of subscription TV fees that will benefit more than 1 million subscribers.