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  "title": "Greece's 120-instalment plan for old tax and social-security debts is announced, not law: no one can apply yet",
  "dek": "The finance ministry announced the scheme on 30 September 2026, with a minimum instalment of €30 and interest of 5.84%. As of 10 October 2026 we found no sign that it has been tabled in Parliament, so the current 72-instalment rules still apply.",
  "description": "Greece's 120-instalment scheme for tax and EFKA debts overdue by end-2024 is announced, not law: no one can apply yet. Keep paying any 72-instalment plan.",
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      {
        "group": "People with tax or e-ΕΦΚΑ debts that became overdue by 31 December 2024",
        "effect": "If the scheme becomes law as announced, debts not in a payment plan on 30 September 2026 could be spread over up to 120 monthly instalments of at least €30, at 5.84% interest.[S1]"
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        "group": "People already paying under the 72-instalment scheme",
        "effect": "You could move to 120 instalments, but only by applying; press reports say the switch will not be automatic.[S1][S5]"
      },
      {
        "group": "People with current debts (from 1 January 2025 onwards)",
        "effect": "These debts are outside the announced scheme and are settled through the standard 24-instalment scheme.[S1]"
      },
      {
        "group": "Greeks abroad and expats with Greek tax or social-security debts",
        "effect": "Neither the announcement nor press reports set any rule specific to people living abroad.[S1][S5] Under the current 72-instalment scheme, tax applications are made online through myAADE.[S16]"
      }
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    "action": "Nothing changes yet: the 120-instalment scheme has been announced but is not law.[S1][S7] If you are in a 72-instalment plan, keep paying, because under current rules two missed consecutive instalments end it.[S2][S3] Press reports expect applications to open in November 2026.[S5][S7]"
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      "name": "120-instalment scheme for tax and social-security debts (announced 30 September 2026)",
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        "label": "Scheme announced by the finance ministry[S1]",
        "date": "2026-09-30",
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        "label": "Provision tabled in Parliament[S7]",
        "when": "No tabled provision found as of 10 October 2026; expected in October",
        "done": false
      },
      {
        "label": "Voted in Parliament[S10][S5][S12]",
        "when": "Target: October (the minister); press reports: late October or early November",
        "done": false
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      {
        "label": "Application platforms open on myAADE and at ΚΕΑΟ[S5]",
        "when": "Expected November 2026 (press reports)",
        "done": false
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      {
        "label": "Applications close (announced, not yet law)[S1]",
        "date": "2027-06-30",
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    {
      "date": "2027-06-30",
      "label": "120-instalment scheme for tax and e-ΕΦΚΑ debts: announced last day to apply (not yet law)"
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    "Announced, not law: on 30 September 2026 the finance ministry said debts to ΑΑΔΕ and e-ΕΦΚΑ that became overdue by 31 December 2024 could be paid in up to 120 monthly instalments of at least €30, at 5.84% interest.",
    "The minister wants the law voted in October 2026; press reports say late October or early November, with the application platforms expected to open in November.",
    "People already in the 72-instalment scheme could switch, but only by applying; current debts (from 1 January 2025 onwards) stay in the standard 24-instalment scheme."
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      "verdict": "missing",
      "claim": "Several reports say the scheme covers debts \"certified\" (βεβαιώθηκαν, that is, entered in the collection records) by 31 December 2024.[S7][S13]",
      "finding": "The ministry's announcement speaks of debts that \"became overdue\" (καταστεί ληξιπρόθεσμες) by that date. We follow the ministry's wording.[S1]"
    },
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      "verdict": "missing",
      "claim": "ERT reports that applicants for 120 instalments must have filed five years of income-tax returns and have no final conviction for tax evasion or smuggling.[S5]",
      "finding": "The ministry's announcement sets no such conditions. They are the conditions of the current 72-instalment scheme in ΑΑΔΕ decision Α.1141/2026, and no legal text yet applies them to 120 instalments.[S1][S2]"
    },
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      "verdict": "missing",
      "claim": "Mononews says monthly instalments will fall by up to 40%.[S9]",
      "finding": "The announcement gives no such figure. Before interest, 120 instalments instead of 72 cut a payment by 40% by our calculation, but the 5.84% interest changes the actual amounts.[S1]"
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      "verdict": "confirmed",
      "claim": "Naftemporiki reported up to 120 instalments with a minimum of €30, interest of 5.84% and applications until 30 June 2027.[S6]",
      "finding": "All four terms match the finance ministry's announcement of 30 September 2026. It is an announcement, not law.[S1]"
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  "unknowns": [
    "Which bill will carry the 120-instalment provision, under which article number, and the exact date of the vote.",
    "The exact date applications open, and whether ΑΑΔΕ and ΚΕΑΟ will open on the same day.",
    "Whether the conditions, loss rules and benefits of the current 72-instalment scheme will carry over unchanged. Press reports assume they will, but no legal text exists yet.",
    "Whether the 5.84% rate will be fixed for the life of a 120-instalment plan, and whether the same rate will apply to e-ΕΦΚΑ debts.",
    "How a switch from 72 to 120 instalments will treat instalments already paid, and whether a missed payment under the old plan blocks the switch.",
    "Whether there is any minimum or maximum debt, or any income or turnover test. None was announced.",
    "Whether people abroad can apply through an accountant or other authorised representative.",
    "Whether debts to municipalities are included. The announcement mentions only the tax authority and the social-security funds."
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