ENFIA bills to come after the festivities

Property owners will only find out about their Single Property Tax (ENFIA) dues this year after the celebrations for the end of the bailout program in August - and probably after the Thessaloniki International Fair in September too.

The government's intention is to avoid issuing the ENFIA pay slips before the feel-good events it plans to stage, but still have the first tranche of the tax due by the end of September.

The calculation of the property tax for each of the 6.4 million property owners in Greece will start as soon as the income tax statements have been processed; the amounts will be confirmed in mid-August, but taxpayers will not be informed before mid-September. The first of the five monthly tranches will be payable by September 28.

This year's ENFIA load will be heavier for about 1 million owners, who won't learn that their dues have increased until mid...