In the microscope of institutions (CommissionECB, ESM) will be found during this week (in which they will have met with the financial staff) the “viability” (that is, to what extent they can be considered permanently) tax evasionaccording to ertnews.
More specifically, what is expected, among other things, the Commission, the ECB and the ESM is Financial space that can be created by the treatment of tax evasion and the possibilities of financing new tax – relief.
It will essentially be examined whether the additional revenue resulting from tax evasion is permanently in nature and can be used for structural tax cuts, with the aim of relieving middle class.
Indeed, the institutions raise the issue of guarantees for the viability of these revenue before they turn on the “green light”.
Additional revenue from tax evasion is estimated at around € 2 billion at about 2 billion euros, exceeding the € 1.8 billion target set by the budget.
A catalytic factor in achieving this result was the extension of electronic payments, the interconnection of POS with cash registers, and the imposition of objective tax evidence on freelancers.
It is estimated that this year, electronic transactions will bring positive results with additional revenue being estimated at at least 2 billion euros.
Last year the value of electronic transactions increased by € 6.6 billion. Some sectors, such as taxis, car washing machines, workshops, as well as legal and medical services (such as doctors and dentists), saw their electronic payments launch, with an increase of 600% compared to 2023. Today, AADE Governor George Pitsilis and electronic payments per sector, shedding light on the areas that made the difference in tax receipts.
If it is confirmed that the increase in tax evasion revenue is not a co -existent, but permanent and stable, the way for significant interventions in direct taxation is paved, with the reduction of tax rates for natural persons, the haircut by 30% in new living,
It is worth noting that the meetings of the Financial Staff with the high -level European troika are included in the context of the postmark evaluation of the Greek economy and are expected to focus on a number of issues: from the execution of the budget and the course of tax revenue to their tax revenues, their debts to the public debts, the privatization program.