The Independent Authority for Public Revenue exceeded its revenue target by €2 billion for the fourth consecutive year, collecting a total of over €70 billion. According to an official announcement, this success was mainly attributed to intensified digitization, coordinated efforts to combat tax evasion and smuggling, the use of new technologies, and continuous improvement of the authority’s operational model.
As stated by the tax authority, the reduction of the VAT gap by almost 20 percentage points since 2017 contributed to the effective securing of public revenues by the Authority, while during 2025 it operated along three main axes: Revenue collection and target achievement, improvement of citizen services, and reduction of tax evasion and smuggling.
“2025 was a year of strengthening our footprint in improving the daily lives of citizens and businesses through our services. With the new my1521 communication portal, further digitization of our procedures, improvement and modernization of audit tools and processes, the implementation of the next-generation tax authority continued last year, alongside preparing the Authority’s services for the integration – from January 1, 2026 – of the Payment and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee Community Aid (OPEKEPE) into the tax authority. We continue our work for the benefit of public interest and society as a whole,” stated the Governor of the tax authority, Georgios Pitsilis.
The tax authority’s announcement
The Independent Authority for Public Revenue’s actions in 2025 moved along three main axes. Specifically, they concerned:
• Revenue collection and target achievement
• Service improvement
• Reduction of tax evasion and smuggling
The intensification of digitization, coordinated efforts to combat tax evasion and smuggling phenomena, the use of new technologies, and continuous improvement of the authority’s operational model resulted in the tax authority exceeding its revenue targets for the fourth consecutive year. At the same time, the significant reduction of the VAT gap by almost 20 percentage points since 2017 demonstrates the Authority’s effectiveness in securing public revenues.
Simultaneously, the modernization and digitization of procedures and services continued, aiming to better serve citizens and businesses.
“2025 was a year of strengthening our footprint in improving the daily lives of citizens and businesses through our services. With the new my1521 communication portal, further digitization of our procedures, improvement and modernization of audit tools and processes, the implementation of the next-generation tax authority continued last year, alongside preparing the Authority’s services for the integration – from January 1, 2026 – of OPEKEPE into the tax authority. We continue our work for the benefit of public interest and society as a whole,” stated the Governor of the tax authority, Georgios Pitsilis.
Revenue – refunds
1. Revenue target exceeded by over €2 billion against a target of €71.6 billion, as a result of improved voluntary tax compliance and effectiveness in combating tax evasion and smuggling phenomena.
2. Significant reduction of the VAT tax gap to 11.4% for 2023, with a projected VAT gap of 9% for 2024, according to the European Commission Report published on 11/12/2025.
3. New record for tax refunds. €8.4 billion was returned, exceeding the annual target of €7.5 billion by over 12%, strengthening business liquidity.
Service improvement – Digitization of services for the benefit of citizens and businesses
4. my1521- The New Communication Portal with the tax authority. The new telephone service center 1521 has so far received and served over 305,000 calls, reducing the average call waiting time for taxpayers to 16 seconds during the last quarter.
5. 2,410,232 requests were served, submitted digitally through the “My Requests” platform. Pending requests were reduced by 54% compared to the end of 2024 and limited to 2.5% of total submitted requests, versus 6.11% at the end of 2024.
6. End-to-end changes to business data for individuals and legal entities for VAT regime and business activity code changes. Since the application’s launch, 41,481 transactions were completed digitally.
7. Extension of myAADEapp to businesses and legal entities for immediate and easy access to digital services from mobile devices. To date, 771,000 taxpayers have downloaded the application, of which 221,000 in 2025.
8. myDATAapp: The tax authority’s free application for issuing invoices and delivery notes, as well as monitoring business income and expenses through portable devices. To date, over 165,000 taxpayers have downloaded the application.
9. Tax returns opened earlier than ever with new submission records. Specifically, legal entity and individual income tax returns opened on 14/3/2025 and 17/3/2025 respectively. A total of 6.7 million individual income tax returns were submitted on time, corresponding to over 8.9 million individuals, and 362,682 legal entity returns. Overall, over 7 million returns were submitted on time in 2025.
10. Digital submission and settlement of deceased persons’ income tax returns. 90,720 returns were submitted using the new procedure.
11. Digitization and simplification of export procedures for 21,630 small shipments valued up to €1,000.
12. Digital automated tax identification number assignment to 42,000 minors, increasing the total number of minors who have received automatic tax numbers to 1.17 million.
13. Pre-assessment of 1.3 million income tax returns for 1.5 million taxpayers and automated submission of 739,576 returns for 835,766 individuals.
14. Automatic update of the Taxpayer Registry for corporations, limited liability companies, and private companies through integration with the General Commercial Registry (GEMI). During 2025, 103,061 automated changes were made for 32,787 tax numbers.
15. myPROPERTY: Within 2025, 635,065 digital returns were submitted for all categories and over €760 million was collected.
16. New method for submitting contractor or subcontractor data for technical projects over €6,000. Within 2025, 99,580 contractor/subcontractor data returns were submitted digitally using the new procedure.
17. Digital submission of fee payment returns for tugboat and fishing vessel operations. For tax year 2024 (2025 returns), 7,330 returns were submitted digitally.
18. Digital end-to-end application under Article 5C of the Tax Code regarding special taxation of income from employment and business activities for individuals transferring their tax residence to Greece. Since the application launched, 54% of applications were completed digitally end-to-end.
Combating tax evasion and smuggling
19. Digital Customer Registry for the vehicle sector. To date, 17,465,175 transactions have been registered by 27,273 businesses.
20. Digital Delivery Note. Since 1/6/2025, 181,628,354 movement documents (delivery notes and invoices with movement indication) have been issued.
21. Monthly VAT return submissions for newly established businesses with simplified bookkeeping. By year-end, 688,703 initial monthly submissions were made by 146,142 newly established businesses.
22. Expansion of the timologio Application functionality as electronic invoicing Provider software for B2G transactions, in cooperation with the General Secretariat for Public Administration and Human Resources. By year-end, 32,545 documents were issued by 10,500 businesses.
23. Over 171,000 on-site tax, customs, and chemical inspections were conducted in the field to combat tax evasion, smuggling, and counterfeiting, where over 530,000 violations were identified, while due diligence measures were applied to 1,380 businesses.
24. Attica Customs Control Center (TCC), New Piraeus and Western Attica Customs: The centralization of the tax authority’s customs control services, combined with the use of modern tools, ensures transparency, acceleration, and effectiveness of customs controls, optimizing services provided to citizens and businesses. Since TCC operations began, over 352,000 import documents and excise duty declarations were processed centrally, with pending rates at the end of 2025 reaching only 0.1% for import documents and 0.9% for excise duty declarations.
25. Digitization of customs procedures at borders. Unified digital application for recording over 6,300,000 incoming and outgoing trucks and buses at all land border stations in the country. Digital declaration of liquid assets at 42 entry and exit points in the country.
