Kostis Hatzidakis

The government announced on Tuesday that as of this year self-employed professionals will be presumed to earn a minimum of 10,920 euros, which under certain conditions will reach €50,000, and will be taxed accordingly through the declarations to be submitted in 2024.

The new digital platform that allows citizens to file complaints regarding corruption and tax evasion went live on Monday via myaade.gov.gr.

Citizens can file complaints by name or anonymously by selecting one of the three categories, which are corruption, tax violations, or customs violations.

The regulations included in the tax bill that will be presented next Tuesday to the cabinet by Greek Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis will be aimed at the portion of freelancers who systematically show extremely low incomes, passing the burden on to other consistent taxpayers.

Hatzidakis announced that these measures aim to tackle tax evasion, among other things.

The government plans to make total funding of 1.5 billion euros available over the coming years as part of its goal to reactivate social housing.

National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis visited Tirana on Tuesday to take part in the Berlin Process meeting of economy ministers on the topic "Common Regional Market - A step toward the EU single market."

"Combatting tax evasion is our flag," National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said on Monday.

Speaking in Parliament, Hatzidakis underlined that the government will do everything in its power to complete a project of connecting cash machines with card terminals (POS) by the first few months of 2024.

The planning of National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis includes a new framework for the taxation of the self-employed. The new finance minister has challenged himself to make his own mark in the fight against tax evasion, as he did in his previous posts tackling pensions, Public Power Corporation and Olympic Airways.

Thursday, August 31, at 3 p.m., is the final deadline to file tax returns.

Officials are using warlike language when talking about their new efforts to fight tax evasion.

"We are adding another weapon to our arsenal, so we can achieve even more immediate results," Giorgos Pitsilis, head of the Independent Public Revenue Authority (AADE), said Wednesday when talking about the new capabilities of the authority's operations center.

The government is preparing interventions in the housing credit sector for this fall, with National Economy & Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis vowing that the government will continue to support vulnerable households. 

The "big fish," however, he said, "are not vulnerable households but those who pretend to be poor."