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From New Yr’s till yesterday, June 24, we labored solely to pay the taxes and contributions for the yr. We labored for the wants of the state machine 175 out of 12 months of the yr. Beginning at the moment we work for a dwelling as June twenty fifth is Tax Freedom Day and it comes three days sooner than 2023.

The information of the examine of the Heart for Liberal Research (KEFiM) reveal that the cash of virtually six months that the taxpayers get from their work doesn’t go to cowl their wants and that of their households however the wants of the state.

Regardless of the heavy burdens, the providers of the state don’t fulfill the residents. The satisfaction of Greek residents with the well being system is the bottom among the many 21 EU member states for which there are information, whereas, respectively, within the satisfaction of residents with the schooling system and the judicial system, the nation is in sixteenth and seventeenth place respectively .

The information of the examine

• June 25 is Tax Freedom Day for 2024 in line with the federal government’s tax and social safety income forecasts. This yr we’ll work for the state 175 out of 12 months of the yr, 3 days lower than in 2023.
• The 175 working days for the state predicted for 2024 is the bottom tax burden in 10 years.
• From 2019 to the 2024 projections, the tax burden has decreased by 6 days, from 181 to 175 days.
• If the Normal Authorities deficit for 2024 is factored in, which represents future taxes, then Tax Freedom Day for 2024 comes 5 days afterward June thirtieth.
• Based on ELSTAT’s accounting information, in 2023 we labored for the state for 178 days (HFE: June 28), whereas if the deficit of the Normal Authorities is taken into consideration, then the Tax Freedom Day for 2023 got here 7 days later, on July 5.
• Among the many 27 EU member states, Greece has the eleventh lowest tax burden (together with deficits), bettering its efficiency by 10 locations in comparison with 2022, when it was in twenty first place.
• 2018 was the yr the place working days for the state reached 188 – the best ever. If we issue within the deficit of the Normal Authorities, as borrowing to fulfill the necessity to cowl the state’s bills brings about future taxation, then 2013 was the yr through which working days for the state reached the best ever – 234 – adopted by 2020, a yr that in the course of the pandemic, working days for the state reached 225. From 2020, a gradual de-escalation is recorded, reaching 2024 for which 180 working days for the state are foreseen, a efficiency that’s the lowest tax burden since 2007 when the corresponding dimension was 177 days
• The most important year-over-year improve is present in 2011 when state work days elevated by 14, from 155 to 169. The corresponding largest lower is present in 2019 when state work days decreased by 7, from 188 out of 181. If factored into the deficit, the most important year-over-year improve is in 2020, when state work days elevated by 44, from 181 to 225. The corresponding largest lower is in 2014, when working days for the state decreased by 43, from 234 to 191.
• Among the many 27 EU member states, Greece has the eleventh lowest tax burden, together with deficits, bettering its efficiency by 10 locations in comparison with 2022, when it was in twenty first place.

Dissatisfied residents

Nevertheless, with regard to the reciprocity of taxes, OECD information exhibits that the satisfaction of Greek residents (2023) with the well being system is the bottom among the many 21 EU member states for which there are information, whereas, correspondingly, the satisfaction of residents with schooling system and the judicial system the nation is ranked sixteenth and seventeenth respectively.

Commenting on this yr’s outcomes, the Normal Director of the Heart for Liberal Research Nikos Rompapas acknowledged that “the discount within the tax burden recorded lately on Tax Freedom Day is a optimistic improvement to begin with for residents and households going through the wave of accuracy.

This tax reduction, which can be a key axis of the proposals submitted by the particular consultants within the framework of the Financial Freedom Evaluation of our nation, is anticipated to enhance Greece’s place within the Financial Freedom Index and additional strengthen new investments, employment and prosperity.

In any case, the discount of the tax burden, but in addition the additional readjustment of the tax system within the route of better simplicity, neutrality and stability should proceed. A tolerable, easy, impartial and secure tax system is a prerequisite for the dynamic improvement of the nation, the actual strengthening of family incomes and the sustainable strengthening of state revenues”.