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Tsipras needs to sign a deal, but which one?
Agoraholding up such an agreement. For instance, 89 percent of respondents said the government should not give in on VAT hikes, 88 percent said it should not raise VAT on electricity by 10 percentage points, 83
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Newsletter 109 - 03/03/2017
. The government wants to reduce VAT on basic food products and energy and make adjustments to income tax brackets... as in the VAT rate for certain products and services. However, the institutions favour targeted counter... is still holding out hope that the volume of measures it will have to legislate will be lower than 2
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Tsipras tries to use Brussels warning to his political advantage
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the expansionary measures (VAT cut, pension bonus and 120-instalment schemes) adopted... be to reduce the VAT rates to 22 and 11 percent over a four-year period. Corporate tax... to produce an excess primary surplus that it can then distribute. He argued that this approach is holding
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Fiscal targets and tax cuts on agenda as Staikouras meets Regling
PoliticsGreek Politicsthrough switching to digital services and holding back the reduction in VAT rates to 2023. Also... in VAT rates is being pushed back by two years, while a second tax bill scheduled for 2020
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Newsletter 215 -19/07/2019
switching to digital services and holding back the reduction in VAT rates to 2023. “Any rebalancing... in the autumn, would include reductions in taxes for individuals and businesses, the lowering of VAT
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ND to unveil more economic support as coronavirus restrictions are extended
PoliticsGreek Politicsof certain expenses, larger reduction in social security contributions, reduced VAT on air travel and 6 pct VAT on hotels. However, all this has to be balanced against the available public finances... protection scheme, holding off home repossessions. The scheme is due to expire on April 30. When
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Surprise handout announcement provokes storm of criticism from opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Greece’s 24 pct VAT rate and gave the counter-example of Germany where VAT was cut to 16 pct... their support ebb, with ND holding 33.3 pct and SYRIZA 23.6 pct of voting intentions. KINAL has seen its
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Covid measures extended despite govt optimism, as inflation causes political tension
PoliticsGreek Politicswas considering VAT cuts on basic goods, after Finance Minister Christos Staïkouras warned that such a move could... is calling for an increase of the minimum wage to 800 euros, cuts to VAT on basic goods and excise... and the pandemic, with New Democracy holding on to a double-digit lead over SYRIZA. A sounding
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PM sets out winter relief measures, rules out change to electoral law
PoliticsGreek Politicsservants that will be rolled out from 2024, extending the reduced VAT rate for transport, coffee and cultural events until next June and continuing the suspension of VAT on the construction of new... with the electoral law his government adopted in 2020, holding the vote at the end of ND’s four-year
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Kasselakis starts to open up as early polls show little impact on public opinion so far
PoliticsGreek Politicson oligopolistic practices in the Greek market. He also suggested that he is in favour of VAT being reduced on certain goods and services. He called on the government to try a pilot reduction of VAT... that he would continue to be “out in society”, leaving the work of holding the government to account
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