Individuals who file their 2025 tax returns after the October 31 deadline will not be charged interest or surcharges as long as they file and pay by November 30, Tax Commissioner Sotiris Markides told Phileleftheros on Monday.
Under the decision, the returns must be submitted and the corresponding taxes and contributions paid by the end of November.
However, anyone who files after November 1 will not be considered tax compliant and cannot be issued a tax compliance certificate, Markides said.
Fines have risen to 150 euros from 100 euros under the tax reform that took effect on January 1, and this is the first year the higher fines will be imposed, he said.
Markides said the department’s aim is tax compliance rather than punishing taxpayers. One of the main reasons for the decision, he said, is the widening of the tax base, with 345,000 tax returns expected for the 2025 tax year, up by 100,000 from 245,000 in 2016.
“The tax base is being widened, and we are giving time because the goal is compliance,” Markides said.
The decision also follows requests from organised groups and individual taxpayers for more time to comply, he said.
Because of the gradual move to the new TFA computer system, it may not be possible from November 1, 2026 to change a return’s status from ‘Final Submission’ to ‘Temporary Receipt’, Markides added.
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