1-1-2017 significantly increase the rates of income tax in real estate, business and rural activities, the taxes on fuel and cigarettes, while it imposed new taxes on the consumption of coffee, in fixed telephony and in the electronic cigarettes.
Also, with the entry of the new year will be reduced by 30% rates of VAT for all the islands of the Aegean sea and will significantly increase for thousands of businesses and freelancers insurance contributions.
These measures will be combined with other, already applied since last June and October, which provide for the reduction of the tax-free threshold and increasing rates of taxation for employed persons and pensioners, the increase of the standard VAT rate from 23% to 24%, the imposition of a fee of 10% of the accounts pay-tv and increase the Excise Tax on beer.
Who will pay
The result of the application of all these measures will be millions of taxpayers to pay even more taxes which will no longer be able to pay.
According to the draft of the new State Budget, in 2017 the ministry of Finance will seek to collect additional tax revenue of eur 2.5 billion. euro.
The biggest φοÏοαφαίμαξη planned to take place at the expense of the employees, the pensioners, the non-main profession of farmers, property owners, and the self-employed with medium and high incomes who will see their taxes on their incomes to grow, overall, at 1,45 billion. euro, due to the reductions in the tax-free thresholds, and changes the scale for calculating the income tax of natural persons and the special contribution of solidarity.
In detail the new wave of taxes
Increases in the fuel: From 1 January 2017 the excise tax on gasoline will increase by 3 cents per litre, from 0,67 to 0,7 euros per litre, while diesel will increase by 8 cents per litre, from 0,33 to 0,41 per litre. The excise tax on lpg fuel will increase by 10 cents per litre, from 0,33 to € 0.43 per litre.
Increases on cigarettes: Increase from 1 January 2017 the excise taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products. The specific excise duty charged fine-cut tobacco will increase from the 156,70 to 170 euros per kilo. The proportional tax would increase from 20% to 26% of the retail selling price.
Increases in coffee: Required excise tax on imported and domestically produced coffee. In particular, since 1-1-2017, there will be imposed a special consumption tax in the import and the domestic production of coffee, with rates of 2 to 3 euros per kg of the roasted coffee and by a factor of 4 euro per kg in instant coffee, and preparations of extracts, essences or concentrates of coffee.
Tax on electronic cigarettes: From 1 January 2017, will impose excise tax on liquids used in electronic cigarettes: the amount of The tax will be 10 cents per ml of liquid.
Special fee on fixed telephony: New tax fee of 5% on each monthly or bimonthly account of telecommunication charges fixed telephony. The new fee will be imposed from 1 January 2017 on the net (pre VAT) telecommunications fees each monthly or bi-monthly account. On this new fee will be imposed subsequently, the VAT rate of 24%.
Increases in VAT in the islands: At the end of the year, repealed the 30% discount of the VAT that has been preserved until today in some islands.
Imposition of a fee on pay-per-view tv: this measure will apply throughout the duration of 2017, this year, it will run for 7 months (from the first of June and 31 December). The fee of 10% is levied on the total monthly bill of each connection in a pay-per-view tv, VAT. If the account is issued for more months, imposed so many fees and months.
An increase in the tax on dividends: From 1-1-2017, the tax on dividends is increased from 10% to 15%.
New φοÏοκαταιγίδα for 2017: going up on fuel, cigarettes, coffee, phones
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