To the Commander of AADE Mr. Giorgos Pitsilis
In 20.9.2020
URGENT:
SUBJECT: Request to extend until 31.12.2020, the deadline for declaring old leases and solutions in the application of the AADE, which expires on 30.9.2020.
Dear Commanders
As it is known, according to your decision A.1139/2020 which amended POL.1162/2018, the deadline for the declaration without penalty in the lease application of AADE, of all active real estate leases ends on 30.9.2020 which were never declared as they were concluded before 1.1.2014, the interim amendments and the solutions of all previous leases that were once declared in the application.
Unfortunately the deadline given to comply with this obligation, coincided throughout its duration with the recurring crisis of COVID-19, with the deadline for submitting income tax returns, the interim deadlines for declarations of rent reductions on the same platform and with three more deadlines for landlords properties that expire on the same day: The deadline for declaring undeclared square and non-electrified properties in the application of the KEDE, the deadline for declaring arbitrary properties in the application of the TEE and the deadline for corrections in the cadastral post of the Municipality of Athens (1.10) !
At the same time, the taxpayers and their tax experts were not able to immediately perceive the enormous utility of the new possibility of declaring leases and extensions as open-ended, which was our persistent request in the interest of both sides, for which we thank you. Just as it was not immediately understood that for the old undeclared leases there is no logic, and no obligation to issue a PEA.
Because the owners who are liable for such declarations are hundreds of thousands, there are many unexplained issues, and the remaining days are not enough, we ask that a decision be issued to extend the above deadline , at least until 31.12.2020.
We also ask that newer clarifications be published on the issues that have arisen in order to strengthen legal certainty of the citizens, but also of their tax advisors who are responsible for the correct wording of these statements.
Finally, we reiterate our request again the inaccurate title ” Electronic Property Leases” which is listed on the AADE website to be replaced by the correct one “Property Leasing Information Statement”, as you also expressly clarify this from the beginning in your instructions , so that the simple property owner does not perceive the submission to the AADE of the information of a lease as a so-called “Lease”, with adverse legal and financial consequences to his detriment!
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