{"id":26506,"date":"2023-08-11T18:31:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T18:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espa.io\/business-tax-who-is-entitled-to-exemption-how-to-secure-it\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T18:31:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T18:31:33","slug":"business-tax-who-is-entitled-to-exemption-how-to-secure-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espa.io\/en\/business-tax-who-is-entitled-to-exemption-how-to-secure-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Business tax: Who is entitled to exemption &#8211; How to secure it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/espa.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/exoflisi-xreon-pros-tin-eforia-sxedio-anaviosis-doseon-gia-xamenes-ruthmiseis-1024x615.jpg\" alt=\"Repayment of debts\" class=\"wp-image-21085\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<p>On <strong>possibility to discharge<\/strong>  to five minutes from payment, for the  <strong>business tax<\/strong>  of 400 -1,000 euros have businesses and professionals who  <strong>while recruiting in 2022<\/strong> <strong>did not receive from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aade.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ADSE<\/a> the e-mail<\/strong>  informing them that they are exempt from paying the tax this year.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-&#x3C5;&#x3C0;&#x3BF;&#x3B2;&#x3BF;&#x3BB;&#x3AE;-&#x3AD;&#x3BD;&#x3C3;&#x3C4;&#x3B1;&#x3C3;&#x3B7;&#x3C2;-&#x3B3;&#x3B9;&#x3B1;-&#x3C4;&#x3BF;-&#x3C4;&#x3AD;&#x3BB;&#x3BF;&#x3C2;-&#x3B5;&#x3C0;&#x3B9;&#x3C4;&#x3B7;&#x3B4;&#x3B5;&#x3CD;&#x3BC;&#x3B1;&#x3C4;&#x3BF;&#x3C2;\"><strong>Submission of an objection for the business tax<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>Traders, to whom  <strong>never received the email from the Hellenic Revenue Service<\/strong> as it was not possible to verify the increase in jobs or the turnover limit, but  <strong>know that they have made the necessary recruitments<\/strong> and meet the criteria for exemption from the business tax, they may submit  <strong>objection until Friday 28 July 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>The <strong>objection<\/strong> is submitted by filling in the relevant form at <strong>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/eservices.yeka.gr\/(S(rtdgd25030g1vvznxdpywncq))\/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ERGANI Information System<\/a>\n<\/strong> and all the necessary supporting documents and information to substantiate the objection are submitted together with it. Objections are examined by a special committee. The Commission&#8217;s <strong>decision<\/strong> <strong>is communicated to the company<\/strong> and notified to the <strong>P.S. ERGANI<\/strong>, which sends updated information to the <strong>AADE<\/strong> in these cases. <strong>The AADE sends an e-mail to the undertakings<\/strong> whose objection is accepted.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-&#x3C4;&#x3C1;&#x3BF;&#x3C0;&#x3BF;&#x3C0;&#x3BF;&#x3B9;&#x3B7;&#x3C4;&#x3B9;&#x3BA;&#x3AE;-&#x3B4;&#x3AE;&#x3BB;&#x3C9;&#x3C3;&#x3B7;\"><strong>Amending statement<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>In particular, businesses that had already submitted the tax return when they received the message from the Hellenic Revenue Service, in order to be exempt from the business tax, should  <strong>submit an amending statement<\/strong>. By submitting the amending declaration you will  <strong>erase from their tax return the fee starting from 400 euros and reaching up to 1,000 euros<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>It is noted that <strong>the measure is permanent and applies to professionals or small businesses with gross receipts of up to \u20ac2 million euros<\/strong> <strong>increasing the average annual number of full-time employees<\/strong> for at least <strong>one quarter of<\/strong> each year. For example, if <strong>a business increases the number of full-time employees on 1 September 2023 and maintains it at least until the end of November, it will automatically be exempt from the business tax it has to pay in 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Beneficiaries of<\/strong> the exemption from the payment of the business tax are:<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u03b1) <a href=\"https:\/\/espa.io\/category_of_beneficiary\/idiotes-epidotisi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Natural persons<\/a> carrying out a business activity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>b)<a href=\"https:\/\/espa.io\/category_of_beneficiary\/epixiriseis-epidotisi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Legal persons and legal entities<\/a>, regardless of the way they keep their books (single-entry or double-entry), whose gross income in the tax year for which the exemption is granted does not exceed two (2) million euros<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-&#x3C4;&#x3B1;-&#x3C0;&#x3BF;&#x3C3;&#x3AC;-&#x3C0;&#x3BF;&#x3C5;-&#x3B9;&#x3C3;&#x3C7;&#x3CD;&#x3BF;&#x3C5;&#x3BD;\"><strong>The amounts applicable<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>The government has promised a gradual reduction of the fee from 2025 with full abolition in 2027. Until the &#8220;haircut&#8221; of the business tax starts, the annual amounts amount to:<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>&#8211; EUR 400 if the registered office is located in a tourist destination or in a town\/village with a population of up to 200,000 inhabitants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>&#8211; EUR 500 if the registered office is located in a city with a population of more than 200,000 inhabitants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>&#8211; \u20ac650 for sole traders and self-employed persons<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>&#8211; EUR 800 for legal persons carrying on a commercial business and having their head office in tourist resorts and in towns or villages with a population of up to 200,000 inhabitants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>&#8211; EUR 1,000 for legal persons carrying on a commercial business and having their registered office in cities with a population of more than 200,000 inhabitants and EUR 600 for each branch<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On possibility to discharge to five minutes from payment, for the business tax of 400 -1,000 euros have businesses and professionals who while recruiting in 2022 did not receive from ADSE the e-mail informing them that they are exempt from paying the tax this year. 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