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Surprise handout announcement provokes storm of criticism from opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Greeceās 24 pct VAT rate and gave the counter-example of Germany where VAT was cut to 16 pct
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Newsletter 324 - 21/01/2022
of living could be imminent. SYRIZA has already suggested that VAT on some goods should be lowered... that reducing VAT on bread alone would lead to around 150 million euros less flowing into public
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Newsletter 328 - 18/02/2022
of energy products should push up revenues from VAT and special consumption taxes on those goods, as well as VAT intakes from other goods and services, which could set out the fiscal space needed to fund
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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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