The number of taxpayers who had filed their income tax returns for the 2025 tax year as of Friday, September 25, has risen to 167,100, as Tax Commissioner Sotiris Markidis told KYPE, a figure corresponding to approximately 49% of the total number of returns processed for the 2024 tax year by the deadline.
Specifically, Mr. Markidis said that 144,800 taxpayers have definitively filed their returns, while 22,300 income tax returns for the 2025 tax year are currently in provisional acceptance.
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He noted that by the deadline for filing the Individual Income Tax Return for taxpayers without bank accounts for the 2024 tax year, 342,600 returns had been processed and 337,400 had been definitively filed.
“This year, the number of returns submitted is expected to increase slightly due to the ongoing expansion of the tax base,” he noted.
The Tax Commissioner reminded taxpayers that the deadline for filing tax returns and paying any resulting taxes and contributions without the imposition of any interest or penalties, is October 31, 2026, and urged taxpayers who have not yet definitively filed or processed their tax returns “to proceed as soon as possible with finalizing and submitting their tax returns and not to wait until the deadline.”
“We draw taxpayers’ attention to the fact that a tax return must be definitively submitted (Final Submission). Returns that are ‘In Provisional Receipt’ are not considered to have been received and remain pending,” he emphasized.
He noted that the following are required to file an Individual Income Tax Return for the 2025 tax year: employees, pensioners, and self-employed individuals whose gross income for the year 2025 exceeds €19,500 (nineteen thousand five hundred euros).
As in previous years, according to Mr. Markidis, when the tax return is completed, the TAXISnet system automatically calculates the total amounts and transfers the relevant data to the “Tax Calculation” section, where the amount of income tax, GESY contributions, and the Special Defense Contribution is calculated.
He added that immediately after the final submission of the tax return, if any tax and/or contribution is due, the liability is automatically created in the Tax Portal and must be paid electronically by the deadline of October 31, 2026, without interest or surcharges.
Finally, the Tax Commissioner stated that late filing of the Individual Income Tax Return for the 2025 tax year carries a €150 penalty, compared to the €100 penalty that applied for late filing of returns in previous years—an increase, he noted, that was implemented as part of the tax reform.
“The change in financial penalties is intended to increase tax compliance,” he concluded.
Source: CNA
