Taxation

VESYROPOULOU’S DECISION ON THE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF OWNERS’ OBLIGATIONS DUE TO REDUCED RENTS!

The Deputy Minister of Finance Mr.Apostolos Vesyropoulos signed on 24.8.2020 the decision establishing a deduction for debts to the tax administration for property owners , who do not collect 40% of the rent as part of the measures to deal with the consequences of the pandemic. According to the decision signed by Mr. Vesyropoulos, property owners are entitled to a 20% discount on the rent received (ie 30% on the reduction or 12% on the total initial rent). The amount of the discount reduces debts to the tax administration, with a payment date after July 31, 2020.

Articles

RENT REDUCTIONS: ARGUMENTS BEGIN WITH THE “LOST” RENT, PROBLEM AND PROPOSAL FOR THE CONTINUATION!

Although there was nothing related in the original government plan, POMIDA requested that 50% of the forced reduction in residential and commercial rents legislated to deal with the consequences be returned through tax offsets of the corona virus. We finally managed to convince the government to establish and implement a process of refunding a percentage of 30% of the reduction to the owners – victims of this unacceptable policy. The ministerial decision is soon expected to be issued which will determine the procedure for carrying out the tax offsets for these “lost” rents, which were declared or will be declared on the AADE platform, with the now known “COVID declarations”.

Requests

POMIDA TO THE MINISTER: EXTENSION OF THE DEADLINE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF REQUESTS FOR THE REFORM OF FOREST MAPS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2020!

POMIDA submitted an urgent request to the political leadership of the Ministry of Forestry to extend the deadline for submitting applications for the revision of forest maps, which expires for everyone during the August summer vacation, until September 30, 2020 11.8.2020, which already responded positively to this fair request: By decision of the new Deputy Minister of Environment Mr. Nikos Tagaras of 12.8.2020, the deadline was extended by 25 days for all regions of the country!

Legislation

THE BILL FOR THE MODERNIZATION OF ZONING AND CITY PLANNING LEGISLATION IN PUBLIC CONSULTATION!

The Ministry of the Interior’s bill for the modernization of urban planning and spatial planning legislation was given a public consultation, which was presented at a press conference by the Minister of Environment and Energy Mr. Kostis Hatzidakis, the Deputy Minister of Environment and Planning Mr. Dimitris Oikonomou and the General Secretary of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment Mr. Efthimios Bakoyannis.

Articles

“SAVE – AUTONOMOUS”: OPENS NOVEMBER WITH 850 EC. EURO!

At the beginning of November, “SAVE-AUTONOMO”, the new energy upgrading and home automation program, which is the successor scheme of the “Home Saving” programs, will start to “run” “, with a strengthened budget – amounting to 850 million euros -, increased subsidy rates and an expanded range of eligible interventions, with a view to maximizing the benefit in terms of energy savings.

Requests

LAND REGISTRY: FROM THE REGISTRATION TO THE SEIZURE… OF THE I. PARADIA ARMY!

Article By the Army I. Paradia, Lawyer A.P., President POMIDA & UIPI in the newspaper TA NEA.

Since the 80s, Greece has been nurtured with the fairy tale that the Land Registry will record and secure citizens’ property. But now that the unplanned country is being registered, the reality is developing completely differently. Because here, in the field of land registration, a big player entered. Player and referee together! The Greek State itself!