Receipt

A barrage of new measures against tax evasion will be implemented by the Independent Authority for Public Revenue in 2025.

The Ministry Finance will extend the option of consumers to pay at the POS of all businesses through IRIS from the first quarter of 2025, expanding the possibilities of direct payments as the safest, cheapest and fastest way to conduct transactions.

Customers who fail to obtain an invoice or receipt would face a fine of 5,000 Turkish Liras, according to a draft law notice released by the country's Revenue Administration and published in the Official Gazette.

The AADE tightened its grip on hundreds of thousands of restaurant professionals across the country last Thursday, the first of the month. Taverns, taverns, pizzerias, beer gardens, etc., or all those establishments that serve meals or snacks at the table, must have the new “smart” cash registers from that date.

The summer sales, which have started on July 8, will last until the end of August, allowing consumers to shop and take advantage of the offers.

The summer sales will run through Saturday, August 31. Merchants are trying to attract as many consumers as possible amid high temperatures and summer holidays with significant price discounts.

Another well-known restaurant in Mykonos, the island of winds, was found by the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) to be issuing no receipts.

A total of eleven receipts were missing, amounting to over 7,000 euros.

Inspectors from the AADE discovered the violation at the business in Agia Anna and proceeded with the necessary actions:

As of Thursday, August 1, food service enterprises will be obliged to use machines to issue receipts, such as a registered till or tax receipt printer.

The measure means that the still widespread custom of using handwritten receipts or order slips will not do anymore. 

Summer sales begin tomorrow, Monday, July 8, which is why the Athens Trade Association has issued recommendations to commercial businesses for the summer sales period.

“The summer discount period starts next Monday and commercial businesses all over the country expect a lot from it,” the President of the Athens Trade Association, Stavros Kafounis, said in a statement.

Summer sales begin on July 8, 2024 at stores across the country, and stores are expected to be open on the second Sunday in July.

The second half of the year will start on Sunday, with the first day of the second half of the year being the second day of the second half.

The summer sales and will run through Aug. 31.

The increased inspections by the tax administration on the Greek islands have led to a notable reduction in tax evasion, but on the mainland the failure to issue receipts and report revenues to the tax office is growing.