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Faced with limited policy options, govt mulls inflation handout
PoliticsGreek Politicscountries, such as a cap on the rise in energy bills in France or the reduction in Spanish VAT... Athens to temporarily reduce VAT on some goods from 13 to 6 percent or to bring down the special
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Greece voices support for Ukraine as govt counts cost of war's impact on economy, public finances
PoliticsGreek Politicsof targeted VAT reductions in certain goods, although it remains against the prospect of a blanket... to the VAT rate for just certain basic goods being reduced temporarily, although such a move
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Newsletter 331 - 11/03/2022
to a year earlier. The policy mix proposed by SYRIZA includes cuts or freezes to fuel levies and VAT... because there were concerns that final prices would not reflect lower VAT rates and consumption taxes
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PM unveils 1.1-billion-euro anti-inflation package to opposition scepticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsrecent days, such as cuts to VAT and fuel levies, did not make the list. Overall, according... piecemeal and timid, and reiterated its calls for cuts to VAT and fuel duty, a cap on energy price
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Newsletter 332 - 18/03/2022
in the press over recent days, such as cuts to VAT and fuel levies, did not make the list. Overall... approach for being piecemeal and timid, and reiterated its calls for cuts to VAT and fuel duty
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Pressure intensifies on govt for more radical interventions in energy markets
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor cuts to VAT and the special consumption tax on fuel. Last week the government rejected such proposals... euros to extend the low VAT in catering and transport through the end of the year. Also on its wish
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Government accused of complacency on food supply and price hikes
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the farming sector, including reduced VAT on animal feed and fertilisers and direct support payments... as a generous increase to the minimum wage. KINAL noted that inflation had brought the government a VAT
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Strike acts as focal point for cost-of-living frustration despite higher energy subsidies
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government is still considering a reduction of the VAT rate on food, but only for a limited range... prices. The ministry has already used up to 250 million euros to lower VAT on coffee and transport
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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
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Newsletter 351 - 16/09/2022
the reduced VAT rate for transport, coffee and cultural events until next June and continuing the suspension of VAT on the construction of new buildings until the end of 2024. Mitsotakis added
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