Focusing on payment plans

The Finance ministry in central Athens [Thanassis Stavrakis/AP]

The new leadership of the Economy and Finance Ministry, as well as the tax administration, are particularly concerned about insufficient interest debtors show in rejoining the old arrangements of 72 and 120 installments for dues to the state.

Immediately after the expiry of the deadline, the authorities will look for the reasons why debtors are turning their back on the third chance given to them.

According to the data available, 27 days before the deadline for submitting the relevant applications, only 11% of potential debtors who can rejoin the 72-installment arrangement (for the pandemic's debts) and the 120-tranche arrangement of 2019 have applied and already started paying.

Information indicates that after the deadline, the authorities will try to map out debtor categories to establish which debtors were left out of arrangements and why. According to...

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