TAP certificate in five days

An Interior Ministry amendment aspires to put an end to delays in the issuance by local authorities of the real estate tax (TAP) clearance, recorded in most municipalities of the country. The amendment establishes rules for the required supporting documents as well as the timeframe of their issue.

In particular, municipalities will be required to issue the relevant certificates within five days based on the data they keep electronically. The certificates will be valid until the end of the year of their issue. Local authorities will not be obliged to grant the certificate digitally, but it is "possible," as the amendment states, which apparently shows that a few municipalities will follow the example of the municipalities of Athens and Zografou.

As far as the supporting documents are concerned, the Ministry of the Interior sets specific rules in order to stop the...