Monday the 14th of July is the new deadline for tax statements submissions E1, after the extension by the Greek Ministry of Finance.

This was the solution reached by the government and the responsible Deputy Minister of Finance Mr. Giorgos Mavraganis, after and intense “bargaining” with troika which opposed even to the idea of an extension.

Mr, Mavraganis In his announcement in connection with the submission of the income tax statements for 2014 the Ministry of Finance stresses the following:

“We want to thank the Greek taxpayers for their tax compliance and social solidarity that they showed last week.

Since Monday 700,000 statements have been submitted, which means 12% of the expected, while198,000 were submitted just yesterday.

The Greek taxpayers are responding to the MOF instructions using TAXIS in off-peak hours, so despite the very large amount of statements, the internet system of TAXIS is responding well.

The Ministry of Finance, in order to achieve the timely submission of all Income Tax Statements of Individuals, provides an extension until Monday the 14th of, July regardless AFM.

Greek taxpayers are called to continue to submit their statements with the same rates within the above period, so these statements will be on time”.