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  "url": "https://agentnews.gr/work-money/greece-aade-foreign-money-checks",
  "markdown": "https://agentnews.gr/work-money/greece-aade-foreign-money-checks.md",
  "title": "Money from abroad and Greek tax: what ΑΑΔΕ cross-checks and what to do if it writes to you",
  "dek": "Greek outlets say money from abroad brings letters from the tax office, but ΑΑΔΕ has announced no new campaign. Its 2026 plan sets targets for cross-checking foreign income data, and the rules on what counts as income have not changed.",
  "description": "Greek tax residents owe tax on income worldwide. What ΑΑΔΕ's 2026 plan cross-checks, which transfers are not income, and how to answer a tax letter.",
  "language": "en",
  "section": "work-money",
  "format": "explainer",
  "published": "2026-10-29T09:10:00.000Z",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-29T09:10:00.000Z",
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  "affects": {
    "who": [
      {
        "group": "Greek tax residents with foreign bank accounts, pay, pensions or investments",
        "effect": "Nothing in the law has changed: income arising abroad belongs on the Greek return. ΑΑΔΕ's 2026 plan, as reported, targets cross-checks of at least 50% of foreign income data (DAC1) and at least 10% of CRS interest data.[S15][S3][S4]"
      },
      {
        "group": "People moving to Greece after at least three years abroad",
        "effect": "Money brought into Greece within two years of moving back can be used to explain spending under the spending presumptions without proof of where it came from.[S21]"
      },
      {
        "group": "Foreigners who moved to Greece under the non-dom regimes",
        "effect": "The €100,000 flat tax (art. 5Α) and the 7% pensioner rate (art. 5Β) cover foreign income. The 50% relief in art. 5Γ covers income earned in Greece only, so by our reading foreign income stays taxable in the normal way.[S17][S18][S19]"
      }
    ],
    "action": "Nothing has to be done by a set date: ΑΑΔΕ has announced no foreign-income letters.[S30] If foreign income is missing from a past return, an amended return filed before an audit order or an article 14 request for information is served is treated as a late return.[S23] If ΑΑΔΕ sends a written request for information, the answer is due within 10 working days.[S22]"
  },
  "status": null,
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  "glance": [
    "ΑΑΔΕ has announced no letters about foreign income. The 28 October 2026 stories rest on its 2026 Operational Plan, published in May 2026.",
    "As reported, the plan targets cross-checks of at least 50% of income data from foreign tax authorities (DAC1) and at least 10% of CRS interest and US FATCA data.",
    "By our reading, moving your own savings is not income and gifts carry gift tax instead, but money from an unknown source can be taxed as business profit."
  ],
  "checks": [
    {
      "verdict": "missing",
      "claim": "Alphafreepress wrote on 28 October 2026, as fact, that ΑΑΔΕ is opening files on money earned abroad that did not appear on Greek returns.[S7]",
      "finding": "The article cites no document. We found no ΑΑΔΕ press release, decision or letter campaign on foreign income in October 2026; the only October campaign concerns domestic back pay from 2020.[S30]"
    },
    {
      "verdict": "missing",
      "claim": "Sofokleousin wrote on 16 October 2026 that notices to people found with undeclared income will start going out in early November.[S12]",
      "finding": "We found no ΑΑΔΕ announcement of such notices. The 2026 Operational Plan, as reported, sets cross-check targets, not a date for letters.[S3][S4]"
    },
    {
      "verdict": "confirmed",
      "claim": "Capital.gr wrote that tax year 2020 cases expire in December 2026.[S9]",
      "finding": "The Tax Procedure Code allows assessments within five years from the end of the year the return was due. For 2020 returns, due in 2021, that is 31 December 2026 by our calculation, though the limit is longer if information was requested from abroad.[S25]"
    },
    {
      "verdict": "confirmed",
      "claim": "Alphafreepress said taxpayers have 10 working days to answer an information request and 20 days to answer a provisional assessment after an audit.[S7]",
      "finding": "Both periods match the Tax Procedure Code, law 5104/2024: articles 14 and 33, each counted from notification.[S22][S24]"
    }
  ],
  "unknowns": [
    "Whether ΑΑΔΕ met its reported targets for 31 July 2026 (CRS interest, tax year 2020) and 30 October 2026 (EU income data, tax year 2021), and how many mismatches it found. No results have been published.",
    "Whether letters on foreign income will be sent at all, when, and to how many people.",
    "What a foreign-income notice would look like: a reminder to file an amended return, or a formal request under article 14 of the Tax Procedure Code with a 10-working-day deadline. We also do not know whether myAADE will offer a dedicated route for replies and documents.",
    "Whether the option of up to 72 instalments, offered in the October 2026 back-pay campaign, would apply to tax arising from foreign-income cross-checks.",
    "Whether ΑΑΔΕ will use the longer time limits (one year after foreign information arrives, or ten years in exceptional cases) for foreign data on tax year 2020.",
    "Whether holders of the art. 5Α and 5Β regimes must still list foreign income on the return, and whether 5Β holders must justify money they bring in; the law text we read did not say.",
    "The exact wording of the plan's target table. ΑΑΔΕ's PDFs were not accessible to us, so the targets come from two press reports quoting the plan, and outlets disagree on whether the DAC1 deadline is 30 or 31 October.",
    "The current late-filing penalty and late-payment interest rate under law 5104/2024. Figures in circulation come from the previous code, and we could not confirm them.",
    "How foreign tax already paid is credited against Greek tax; we have not covered this here."
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      "title": "Το Επιχειρησιακό Σχέδιο της ΑΑΔΕ - Τι αναφέρει για το ΜΙΔΑ - Ποιες διασταυρώσεις θα γίνουν",
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      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/news/73555/to-epixeirhsiako-sxedio-ths-aade-ti-anaferei-gia-to-mida-poies-diastayrwseis-oa-ginoyn",
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      "id": "S4",
      "publisher": "Businessdaily.gr",
      "title": "Ολόκληρο το δίχτυ των 307.820 διασταυρώσεων της ΑΑΔΕ εντός του 2026",
      "date": "2026-05-11",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.businessdaily.gr/oikonomia/206927_olokliro-dihty-ton-307820-diastayroseon-tis-aade-entos-toy-2026",
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    {
      "id": "S5",
      "publisher": "Πρώτο Θέμα",
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      "date": "2026-10-28",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.protothema.gr/economy/article/1901834/aade-ta-hrimata-apo-to-exoteriko-pou-fernoun-ravasaki-apo-tin-eforia/",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261029091250/https://www.protothema.gr/economy/article/1901834/aade-ta-hrimata-apo-to-exoteriko-pou-fernoun-ravasaki-apo-tin-eforia/"
    },
    {
      "id": "S7",
      "publisher": "Alphafreepress",
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      "date": "2026-10-28",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.alphafreepress.gr/2026/10/28/oikonomia/aade-chrimata-apo-to-exoteriko-elegchos-eforia/",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261029091245/https://www.alphafreepress.gr/2026/10/28/oikonomia/aade-chrimata-apo-to-exoteriko-elegchos-eforia/"
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      "id": "S9",
      "publisher": "Capital.gr",
      "title": "Σαρωτικοί έλεγχοι για εισοδήματα και καταθέσεις εξωτερικού - Οι διασταυρώσεις Ιουλίου και Οκτωβρίου",
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      "id": "S10",
      "publisher": "Newsit.gr",
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      "date": "2026-07-16",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.newsit.gr/oikonomia/xristika/aade-sto-koskino-tokoi-kai-eisodimata-eksoterikou-oi-krisimes-imerominies/4729658/",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261029091328/https://www.newsit.gr/oikonomia/xristika/aade-sto-koskino-tokoi-kai-eisodimata-eksoterikou-oi-krisimes-imerominies/4729658/"
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      "title": "ΑΑΔΕ: Σαρωτικοί έλεγχοι για καταθέσεις και εισοδήματα εξωτερικού έως τον Οκτώβριο του 2026",
      "date": "2026-07-19",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://newpost.gr/eidiseis/aade-sarotikoi-elegchoi-gia-katatheseis-kai-eisodimata-exoterikoy-eos-ton-oktovrio-toy-2026/",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261029091328/https://newpost.gr/eidiseis/aade-sarotikoi-elegchoi-gia-katatheseis-kai-eisodimata-exoterikoy-eos-ton-oktovrio-toy-2026/"
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    {
      "id": "S12",
      "publisher": "Sofokleousin.gr",
      "title": "Στο μάτι της εφορίας τόκοι καταθέσεων, μερίσματα, συντάξεις και αμοιβές από το εξωτερικό",
      "date": "2026-10-16",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.sofokleousin.gr/oikonomia/sto-mati-tis-eforias-tokoi-katatheseon-merismata-syntakseis-kai-a",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261029091329/https://www.sofokleousin.gr/oikonomia/sto-mati-tis-eforias-tokoi-katatheseon-merismata-syntakseis-kai-a"
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      "id": "S13",
      "publisher": "Kefalonia Magazine",
      "title": "ΑΑΔΕ: Έρχονται χιλιάδες «ραβασάκια» τον Νοέμβριο",
      "date": "2026-10-16",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://kefaloniamagazine.gr/oikonomia/aade-noemvrios-2026-elegxoi-eisodimata-exoterikou-prostima/",
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    },
    {
      "id": "S15",
      "publisher": "Law 4172/2013 (Income Tax Code), art. 3, on taxheaven.gr",
      "title": "Άρθρο 3 - Υποκείμενο του φόρου",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/4172/2013/arthro/3",
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    },
    {
      "id": "S16",
      "publisher": "Law 4172/2013 (Income Tax Code), art. 4, on taxheaven.gr",
      "title": "Άρθρο 4 - Φορολογική κατοικία",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/4172/2013/arthro/4",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261029091416/https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/4172/2013/arthro/4"
    },
    {
      "id": "S17",
      "publisher": "Law 4172/2013 (Income Tax Code), art. 5Α, on taxheaven.gr",
      "title": "Άρθρο 5Α",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/4172/2013/arthro/5%CE%91",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261029091519/https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/4172/2013/arthro/5%CE%91"
    },
    {
      "id": "S18",
      "publisher": "Law 4172/2013 (Income Tax Code), art. 5Β, on taxheaven.gr",
      "title": "Άρθρο 5Β",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/4172/2013/arthro/5%CE%92",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261029091519/https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/4172/2013/arthro/5%CE%92"
    },
    {
      "id": "S19",
      "publisher": "Law 4172/2013 (Income Tax Code), art. 5Γ, on taxheaven.gr",
      "title": "Άρθρο 5Γ",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/4172/2013/arthro/5%CE%93",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261029091518/https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/4172/2013/arthro/5%CE%93"
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      "publisher": "Law 4172/2013 (Income Tax Code), art. 21, on taxheaven.gr",
      "title": "Άρθρο 21",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/4172/2013/arthro/21",
      "archive": null
    },
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      "id": "S21",
      "publisher": "Law 4172/2013 (Income Tax Code), art. 34, on taxheaven.gr",
      "title": "Άρθρο 34",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/4172/2013/arthro/34",
      "archive": null
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      "id": "S22",
      "publisher": "Law 5104/2024 (Tax Procedure Code), art. 14, on taxheaven.gr",
      "title": "Άρθρο 14",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/5104/2024/arthro/14",
      "archive": null
    },
    {
      "id": "S23",
      "publisher": "Law 5104/2024 (Tax Procedure Code), art. 23, on taxheaven.gr",
      "title": "Άρθρο 23 - Υποβολή τροποποιητικής φορολογικής δήλωσης",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/5104/2024/arthro/23",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261029091720/https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/5104/2024/arthro/23"
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    {
      "id": "S24",
      "publisher": "Law 5104/2024 (Tax Procedure Code), art. 33, on taxheaven.gr",
      "title": "Άρθρο 33 - Διαδικασία προσδιορισμού φόρου μετά το πέρας του φορολογικού ελέγχου",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/5104/2024/arthro/33",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261029091624/https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/5104/2024/arthro/33"
    },
    {
      "id": "S25",
      "publisher": "Law 5104/2024 (Tax Procedure Code), art. 37, on taxheaven.gr",
      "title": "Άρθρο 37 - Παραγραφή",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/5104/2024/arthro/37",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261029091624/https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/5104/2024/arthro/37"
    },
    {
      "id": "S27",
      "publisher": "Law 5104/2024 (Tax Procedure Code), art. 54, on taxheaven.gr",
      "title": "Άρθρο 54 - Κυρώσεις για την υποβολή ανακριβούς δήλωσης",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/5104/2024/arthro/54",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261029091851/https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/5104/2024/arthro/54"
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    {
      "id": "S28",
      "publisher": "Law 5104/2024 (Tax Procedure Code), art. 32, on taxheaven.gr",
      "title": "Άρθρο 32 - Μέθοδοι έμμεσου προσδιορισμού",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/5104/2024/arthro/32",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261029091746/https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/5104/2024/arthro/32"
    },
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      "id": "S29",
      "publisher": "Law 2961/2001 (Inheritance and Gift Tax Code), art. 44, on taxheaven.gr",
      "title": "Άρθρο 44",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/2961/2001/arthro/44",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261029091845/https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/2961/2001/arthro/44"
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    {
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      "publisher": "ΑΑΔΕ press release (on taxheaven.gr)",
      "title": "ΑΑΔΕ: Το 87% των φορολογουμένων δήλωσε τα αναδρομικά του 2020 - Ειδοποιήσεις σε 55.000 υπόχρεους με δυνατότητα εξόφλησης σε έως 72 δόσεις",
      "date": "2026-10-16",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/news/74902/aade-to-87-twn-forologoymenwn-dhlwse-ta-anadromika-toy-2020-eidopoihseis-se-55000-ypoxreoys-me-dynatothta-exoflhshs-se-ews-72-doseis",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261029091922/https://www.taxheaven.gr/news/74902/aade-to-87-twn-forologoymenwn-dhlwse-ta-anadromika-toy-2020-eidopoihseis-se-55000-ypoxreoys-me-dynatothta-exoflhshs-se-ews-72-doseis"
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      "publisher": "Ναυτεμπορική",
      "title": "«Έχεις μήνυμα» από την εφορία: Σε ποιους στέλνει ραβασάκια η ΑΑΔΕ",
      "date": "2026-10-18",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.naftemporiki.gr/finance/economy/2176558/echeis-minyma-apo-tin-eforia-se-poioys-stelnei-ravasakia-i-aade/",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261029091912/https://www.naftemporiki.gr/finance/economy/2176558/echeis-minyma-apo-tin-eforia-se-poioys-stelnei-ravasakia-i-aade/"
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    {
      "id": "S32",
      "publisher": "Τράπεζα Πειραιώς (Piraeus Bank)",
      "title": "Ενημέρωση στο πλαίσιο της υποχρεωτικής αυτόματης ανταλλαγής πληροφοριών χρηματοοικονομικών λογαριασμών (CRS/DAC2)",
      "date": "2018-05-30",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.piraeusgroup.gr/el/grafeio-typoy/anakoinwseis-kai-deltia-typou/2018-5-Announcement-30-05-2018",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261029091921/https://www.piraeusgroup.gr/el/grafeio-typoy/anakoinwseis-kai-deltia-typou/2018-5-Announcement-30-05-2018"
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      "id": "S34",
      "publisher": "taxheaven.gr",
      "title": "ΣτΕ 157/2026 Κρίσιμος χρόνος φορολόγησης προσαύξησης περιουσίας δεν είναι ο χρόνος εμβάσματος αλλά ο χρόνος εισαγωγής του ποσού στην περιουσία του φορολογουμένου",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/circulars/52582/ste-157-2026",
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    {
      "id": "S35",
      "publisher": "Prisma Radio",
      "title": "Νέα νομολογιακή γραμμή για εμβάσματα και αδικαιολόγητη προσαύξηση περιουσίας",
      "date": "2026-05-10",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://prismaradio.gr/2026/05/10/nea-nomologiaki-grammi-gia-emvasmata-kai-adikaiologiti-prosayxisi-perioysias/",
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      "id": "worldwide",
      "source": "S15",
      "where": "Law 4172/2013 (Income Tax Code), Article 3",
      "greek": "Ο φορολογούμενος που έχει τη φορολογική κατοικία του στην Ελλάδα υπόκειται σε φόρο για το φορολογητέο εισόδημά του που προκύπτει στην ημεδαπή και την αλλοδαπή",
      "translation": "A taxpayer whose tax residence is in Greece is subject to tax on their taxable income arising in Greece and abroad"
    },
    {
      "id": "wealth-increase",
      "source": "S20",
      "where": "Law 4172/2013 (Income Tax Code), Article 21, paragraph 4",
      "greek": "Κάθε προσαύξηση περιουσίας που προέρχεται από παράνομη ή αδικαιολόγητη ή άγνωστη πηγή ή αιτία θεωρείται κέρδος από επιχειρηματική δραστηριότητα υπό τις προϋποθέσεις που προβλέπονται στον Κώδικα Φορολογικής Διαδικασίας.",
      "translation": "Any increase in wealth that comes from an unlawful, unjustified or unknown source or cause is treated as profit from business activity, under the conditions laid down in the Tax Procedure Code."
    }
  ],
  "redlines": [],
  "corrections": [],
  "tags": [
    "ΑΑΔΕ",
    "tax",
    "foreign income",
    "CRS",
    "DAC",
    "FATCA",
    "tax residence",
    "non-dom",
    "diaspora"
  ]
}