Finance Ministry

Greece's Finance Ministry and tax authority AADE on Thursday announced an extension of 1+1 months for businesses to integrate their POS terminals with cash registers, so that it can be completed without technical problems.

The decision was taken following the demands of POS and cash register suppliers, as well as the businesses, to accommodate the demands of a complex effort.

The Finance Ministry and the tax administration (AADE) are focusing on the extension of the deadline for the interconnection of cash registers with card terminals (POS), with the aim that upon full operation of the new process of issuing receipts - for payment by cards - everything will work perfectly without technical problems.

More than 5,000 applications for vouchers to cover the cost of cash register-integrated POS terminals were received on Monday, according to an announcement released on Tuesday by the National Economy and Finance Ministry and the Digital Governance Ministry.

BRUSSELS - A meeting of financial experts from Belgrade and Pristina, facilitated by the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak, is underway in Brussels, a Tanjug correspondent reports.

The state budget balance presented a surplus of 1.093 billion euros in January, compared to a target of a deficit of €82 million that has been incorporated for the same period of 2024 in the 2024 budget introductory report and a surplus of €1.48 billion for the same period of 2023, the National Economy and Finance Ministry said on Monday.

The Greek government is proceeding with the imposition of an additional tax at a rate of 15% on multinational companies and subsidiaries operating in Greece with annual revenues exceeding 750 million euros, from which they estimate that they can collect the amount of €80 million.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has issued a decree, as published in the country's official gazette, announcing significant appointments ranging from deputy ministers to board directors of state-owned enterprises.

The abolition of the minimum width of beach zones that can be commercially exploited, the removal of leasing responsibilities from municipalities, and the level of coastal protection in Natura areas were the focus of most observations by social bodies participating in Wednesday's House committee discussion of the Finance Ministry's draft law. 

The Treasury and Finance Ministry has started to collect information from tenants in order to accurately determine rental income.

The ministry, which sent letters to tenants asking for a meeting about rents, has now told tenants, "You do not need to come to the ministry, you can fill out a form online."

"There is still more to scrape from the bottom of the barrel," a representative of Greece's farmers said last Thursday, referring to the relevant quote by the prime minister, when he announced measures to support agricultural and livestock production.