The Tax Department is settling its old pending issues, proceeding with the clearance of tax returns of natural and legal persons. These cases were on hold for years and began to decline due to the continuation of the campaign to limit late work by the Tax Department.
Through the campaign, which began in mid-2017 and continues, old tax returns were checked and settled, outstanding taxes were refunded, tax corrections were made, debts were calculated and taxes were imposed.
Last year, the competent Department proceeded with the clearance of a total of 373,000 tax returns, which, if added to the clearances made in previous years, bring the total number close to 2 million tax returns.
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The clearance of tax returns concerns, both for companies and individuals, previous tax years. In particular, there was a massive automated imposition of taxes on natural and legal persons, as a continuation of the project of clearing late work.
The automated mass taxation concerned the tax years 2008 to 2010, as well as 2012 to 2023, for legal and natural persons.
In detail, last year approximately 262,000 personal taxes were cleared for the tax years 2008-2010, 2013 and 2023, with income tax payable of €5.1 million and income tax refundable of €20.7 million, excluding interest.
At the same time, approximately 35,900 corporate taxes were cleared for the tax year 2022, with an income tax payable of €1.2 million. and a refundable income tax of €6.1 million, excluding interest.
It is worth noting that, in addition to the specific amounts, taxes were imposed for Extraordinary Contribution for Defense and Extraordinary Employee Contribution.
With overtime, taxes of €38 million.
Officials of the Tax Department, in the context of overtime, imposed 75,500 taxes on natural persons, with income tax payable of €37.7 million. and a refundable income tax of €11.6 million, not including interest.
In addition to these amounts, taxes were imposed for the Special Contribution for Defense and the Extraordinary Employee Contribution.
The campaign to clear up late work also includes the settlement of objections. For the implementation and monitoring of this project, within 2024, the Independent Appeals Committee was created, in the form of a Pancyprian Unit, which in 2025 settled 8,451 objections.
Establishment of new units and controls
At the same time, the Tax Department proceeded with actions to strengthen tax compliance and maintain the base at updated levels, which include tax audits.
The District Offices of the Tax Department and the Office of Large Taxpayers conduct various types of audits on taxpayers, as part of their daily work, with the aim of enforcing tax compliance.
Tax audits are carried out individually for one or more types of taxes and for one or more tax years or periods at the same time, depending on the case, the picture presented by the taxpayer and the findings of the Tax Department, in order to impose the corresponding tax.
In this context, two new Pancyprian Units were established last year, the Pancyprian Compliance Unit A and the Pancyprian Call Center Unit.
The Pancyprian Compliance Unit A' is responsible for monitoring and controlling compliance, mainly of legal entities, with regard to the implementation of specific provisions of the legislation.
The Pancyprian Call Center Unit is responsible for the organization and implementation of the call center, in order to enhance the service of the public and to improve its service levels.
