Planning to spend a few days sightseeing in Athens?
Tourists may choose from two all-inclusive tickets, which have been relaunched and repriced for 2013.
*Article last updated April 18, 2013 with info from Athens Transport
Circulation tax or τέλη κυκλοφορίας (teli kykloforias) applies to all vehicles with Greek license plates, which are registered at the tax office as active. It is a road tax paid to use a vehicle on a public road, known in other countries as a registration fee, motor tax or excise duty.
In a bid to cut approximately 80 million euros in costs, no printed tax invoices are sent by mail and no stickers are issued as proof of payment from November 2012.
*Article last updated March 4, 2013. However, answers in Comments reflect whatever laws were in effect at the time.
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The Ministry of Finance announced on September 11, 2011 that a special tax or ‘xaratsi’ would be assessed to all properties in Greece, raising an estimated €2-3 billion to qualify for the next bailout tranche and avert default.
Original rates of €0.50 to €10.00 were doubled three days later to €0.50 to €20.00 under the assumption that many people will not pay, though the government was advised to keep rates low to increase the likelihood of payment.
The emergency tax — called Εκτακτο Ειδικό Τέλος Ηλεκτροδοτούµενων ∆οµηµένων Επιφανειών (ΕΕΤΗ∆Ε)/Entakto Eidikio Telos Ilektrodotoumenon Domimenon Epifaneion (EETIDE) — affects approximately 5.1 million properties and lasts two years will be applied though 2013 for the foreseeable future, with rates climbing progressively higher as property values are adjusted. The first adjustment occurred in June 2012.
Parliament passed the bill on September 27, law 4021/2011 was published October 19, and amendments were made October 20, December 1, December 16 in 2011; February 3, March 2, May 25 and July 18 in 2012.
On December 4, a court deemed it illegal to assess and collect property tax on electric bills, and the next day DEH confirmed that it is accepting payment of electricity bills minus the tax. However, on December 19 and after several hearings, an Athens court ruled in favor of the Ministry of Finance that DEH continue to bill and collect money through March 2013 and Greece’s creditors agree it should be left ‘as is’ until 2014.
A bill to merge EETIDE and regular property tax (FAP) into a single tax called Ενιαίος Φόρος Ακινήτων/Eniaios Foros Akiniton, with revised thresholds to simplify billing and collection by tax authorities, reached agreement in February 2013 and will be debated in June, then take effect January 1, 2014.
A motion to adjust objective property values to reflect market reality, which would have lowered taxation rates for 2013, was discussed and failed. For many owners, this will cancel any 15 percent discount on EETIDE.
*Article last updated on May 15, 2013. Comments reflect whatever laws were in effect at the time, and there is one update pending.
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