Freelancers need to pull their weight, too

A breakdown of the data concerning the taxation of freelance professionals published by Kathimerini on Sunday shone the spotlight on another year of widespread tax evasion. The numbers indicate that once again, a significant part of this category continues to evade paying taxes, given that the majority (402,183 from a total of 714,465) declared an annual income of 3,215 euros, which comes down to just 268 euros a month. However, with the new Finance Ministry regulation introducing a minimum presumptive income, the takings of those more than 400,000 freelancers increased fourfold to 12,794 euros, which means that they had to pay an average tax (along with the 50% discounted professional license fee) of 2,058 euros.

It is worth noting that despite this "correction," data from the AADE public revenues agency show that the average income declared by all freelance professionals...