• For those who did not receive the increase, the personal difference and the amount of the basic pension is from 800 to 1000 euros. This is about 120,000 people (5% of the total).
• Low-income pensioners who receive pensions of up to 800 euros a month have a personal difference, and only last Christmas there was an increase.
• Those with a basic pension of between 1,000 and 1,100 euros have a personal difference and see no benefit from the abolition of the solidarity contribution (about 36 euros per year). This group includes 70,000 people.

• Those with a basic pension between 1,100 and 1,600 euros per month have a personal difference and have benefited from the abolition of the solidarity contribution of about 110 euros. This group includes 300,000 pensioners.
• Pensioners who did not see the full increase, but received a smaller amount. These are 94,000 pensioners who receive the amount of their basic pensions up to 1100 euros and have an increase of up to 3.49%.

• The 35,000 pensioners whose basic pension is between 1,100 and 1,600 euros increased by 3.49%.
• Pensioners with a basic pension of up to 1,110 euros increased by 3.5% to 6.9%.

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At the beginning of the briefing, Minister of Finance Christos Staikouras spoke about seven interventions undertaken by the government:

1. • Grant for emergency assistance from 200 to 300 euros for pensioners who didn’t get promoted due to personal differences until March 31. This applies to more than 1 million pensioners. The total cost of the intervention reaches 280 million euros. Aid is not taxed, is not subject to transfer and confiscation in the hands of the state or third parties, it is not tied and does not count against confirmed debts to the state, is not subject to any fees, charges. or other deduction in favor of the state. Fiscal costs are estimated at 280 million euros.
     Extension of preferential VAT rates until the end of the year (instead of June 2023). For the 2nd semester, the cost of the intervention reaches 250 million euros.
     • Please note that the reduced VAT rate of 13% applies to passenger transportation, coffee, catering, soft drinks, travel package, import and delivery of art objects, zoos, gyms and dance schools.
     • The super-reduced VAT of 6% applies to masks, gloves, antiseptics, disinfectant cleaners, hemodialysis medical supplies, defibrillators and movie tickets.
   • Reimbursement of excise tax on agricultural oil. Cost €76 million
   • Acceleration to distribution of unpaid agricultural compensations. Cost 120 million euros
   • Increasing wages for hazardous and unhealthy jobs 200 euros (from 150 euros) and expanding the specialties of employees who can receive it. Fixed intervention cost of 250 million euros.
   • New debt settlement system.
     • For those who lost 72 or 120 payments of tax and insurance arrangements before February 1, 2023, there is an option to recover by paying 2 monthly payments until July 31, 2023 to pay off old obligations.
     • The new scheme is being created for those taxpayers who are consistent in their obligations or whose tax and insurance debts were settled as of November 1, 2021, and who continued to serve them. In particular, debts overdue after November 1, 2021 and before February 1 can be included in either 36 payments with an interest rate of 12 payments, or 72 payments with an interest rate applicable to 24 payments. Debts that are included in serviceable standing agreements may also be included if they include new debt (as of November 1, 2021).
   • Improving the extrajudicial mechanism. By a decree of the Ministry of Finance, which will be submitted to Parliament in the coming days, an attempt is being made to increase the effectiveness of the extrajudicial mechanism.
     • Justification of disagreement is mandatory, public posting of the justification on the platform.
     • The scope has been expanded to include indebted debtors such as households with mortgages.
     • New categories of debts are also included, such as debts to third parties collected by the tax administration.
     • The penalty for prepayment to the state is cancelled.
     • The adjustment rate becomes fixed at 3% from the current 5% Euribor.

In addition, the Market Pass platform will open by the end of next week.