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Tough choices ahead for Mitsotakis, as reforms risk irking voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsStefanos Kasselakis reigniting the row over VAT through a social media post on the price of coffee. Kasselakis accused the prime minister of misleading the public with promises of reduced VAT, which
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Mitsotakis dangles carrot of more tax cuts as SYRIZA heads for leadership vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsare urging the government to reduce VAT rates and bring them closer to the EU average. The retailers argue... to reducing VAT, arguing that consumers will not see any gains as supermarkets and other retailers
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ND tries to pin 'populist' tag on PASOK as voters show little interest in fuelling two-horse race
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAndroulakis repeated his call for the VAT rate on key foods to be reduced. He also urged... published a social media video this week showing older clips of Mitsotakis proposing a VAT reduction
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Newsletter 444 - 06/12/2024
a VAT cut on essential goods, a windfall tax on banks and restrictions to the Golden Visa scheme... Mitsotakis unprepared. The first move by PASOK was to propose legislation that would lower the VAT
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Newsletter 445 - 13/12/2024
tax on bank profits, reducing VAT on basic goods and reduction of borrowing rates, in line... taxes make 38 billion euros, VAT alone is 26.67 billion euros. Income taxes stand at 25.21 billion
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Newsletter 460 - 02/05/2025
VAT revenues, and the introduction of the objective taxation for self-employed. The latter... prices: VAT rates were applied on goods whose prices even at headline level were hiked by close
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Fiscal data impressive but details suggest caution still required
EconomyMacroeconomyof POS units with cash registries, which boosted VAT revenues, and the introduction of the objective...-of-living crisis, especially with respect to food prices: VAT rates were applied on goods whose prices
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Government defends tax-cut package against opposition criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicswhere any solution is inadequate. VAT rates are another area on which opposition parties have.... In response, Pierrakakis and other officials argue that VAT cuts are not effective because
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Famellos presents struggling SYRIZA’s case, pleads for unity among progressives
PoliticsGreek Politicselements include: Tax overhauls: zero VAT on food and medicine for a year before reclassifying staples into a low-rate category; restoration of reduced VAT on all Aegean islands; fuel duties cut
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Timing factors and contained spending keep primary balance 2.89 bln above target in April
EconomyMacroeconomyare 2.11 million euros above the target. Taxes overshot the target by 323 million euros. VAT revenues... amounted to 1.31 billion. VAT revenues beat the target by 559 million euros. Income tax revenues came
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