In the near future the Greek Government will introduce a tax on short-term (tourist) rent. Currently the bill is in the development of the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Finance of Greece, according to Greek news portal Ekathimerini .
The tax will be introduced for housing, checked daily: the interest rate will be calculated based on the value of the property. At the moment, the two ministries are discussing bet sizes, as well as the penalties to be applied to the owners who donate their homes without a license of the Greek National Tourism Organization. On the facades of "tourist" of houses and apartments should appear appropriate signs.
Withholding tax will be at once the transfer of funds for online booking and will be paid to the tax authorities each quarter no later than April 16 of July, October and January each year.
Housing, which will be considered as of tourist must conform to the six basic conditions:
- property owner must be the taxpayer, registered in the Department of registration of short-term rental housing in the General Secretariat of Revenues of the Ministry of Finance of Greece.
- The owner has no right to lease more than four residential units.
- area size, lease, must be at least 9 square meters. and m have the natural light, the windows and heating system.
- The object must have all the necessary permits for the construction or maintained in accordance with the official regulations for old buildings.
- Residential property must be rented fully furnished, with no additional services in addition to a change of bed linen.
- Each residential facility can be rented for a maximum of 90 days per year.
In that case, if the property does not meet all six points at the same time, it can be rented out exclusively with a special plate, which is issued by the Greek National Tourism Organization.
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