With the recent circular of the Deputy Minister Mr. G. Amyras on the subject: “Posting reformed forest maps, in application of par. 10 of article 48 of Law 4685/2020”, according to to which “only the reformed part of the forest map accepts objections”, a significant number of property owners throughout the country were deprived of the right to object against the reformed forest maps that were posted, obviously contrary to the legislative provision and the relevant ministerial decision Hatzidakis, but and absolutely unfair and consequential, in relation to earlier circulars of the Ministry.

In a letter to the political leadership of the Ministry, POMIDA requested that the above circular be corrected, defining expressly that objections are allowed for all forest maps, after their reformation.

Letter to the Deputy Minister of Finance Mr.Apostolos Vesyropoulossent by POMIDA regarding the resolution of the outstanding issues in the process of calculating and paying the compensation of property owners from the continued reduction of rents, and the disengagement from the problem with real estate subleases.

Specifically in addition to requests to submit initial March-October COVID declarations, the acceptance and out of court for the postponement of taxation of uncollected rents for 2020, and the explicit mention in the rejection messages that the tenants are obliged to pay the entire rent, with the letter it is proposed to improve the relevant arrangements for reductions and compensations on subletting properties in which closed or affected activities.     

After the receipt comes the tax nightmare for property owners who have received 2020 rents from their tenants but, when it comes to filing income tax returns, are completely unable to follow the applicable process postponement of taxation of uncollected rents, which requires functioning courts and open D.O.Y.  That is why it is necessary, especially for the uncollected rents of 2020, to immediately give the possibility of deferring their taxation only with the notification of the extrajudicial court provided for by article 637 of the Code of Civil Procedure. For the same reason, it is urgent to immediately issue the Decree on the deduction from income tax of 40% of the costs of building upgrade works, while the Ministerial Decision on the payment of inheritance tax with the transfer of property to the State has been unjustifiably pending for many years.

For these issues, POMIDA sent the following letter to the Minister of Finance Mr. Christos Staikouras and the competent Deputy Minister Mr. Apostolos Vesyropoulos.

POMIDA sent a letter to the competent Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr. Apostolos Vesyropoulos, highlighting three points in the process of compensating property owners from rent reductions due to COVID, and asking for solutions. with requests:

*To accept not only corrective but also initial COVID declarations for all months of the year 2020, and for all those owners who missed the relevant deadlines ,

*Set at least a monthly deadline from informing owners of errors and reasons for rejection of COVID declarations, and

*To clarify whether rent reductions imposed by sublessors on property owners are legal when the rental properties are used by third-party sublessors. 

The extension of measures against the pandemic, which has as a consequence the difficulty or complete inability of citizens and technicians to access all relevant public services (urban planning, mortgage offices, cadastral offices, municipalities, etc.), combined with the exclusive validity of the building identity from 1.4.2021, turns real estate transfers into a nightmare and urgently raises the issue of reviewing the entry into force of this measure.

In a few days it will be a year of “cut” rents, and yet a large number of property owners, suffering these bloody cuts, which endanger their survival, are still to remain without offset, payment, or even a clear response to the March-December 2020 COVID declarations…