Greece: Reduced VAT Rates on Various Goods and Services Made Permanent

Robert Pelletier
June 28, 2024

Pursuant to the Greek Ministry of Finance announcement on June 20, 2024, the temporary 13% reduced VAT rate in Greece that applied to the supply of coffee, cocoa, tea, chamomile, and similar beverages has been made permanent for such supplies provided as take away or delivery effective from July 1, 2024. The same supplies of beverages served as restaurant and catering services will be subject to the 24% standard VAT rate. Also effective from July 1, 2024, the 13% reduced rate will permanently apply to taxi passenger transport services.

The announcement can be found here (in Greek).

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Robert Pelletier

Robert Pelletier is a Regulatory Counsel at Sovos Compliance. Within Sovos’ Regulatory Analysis function, Robert specializes in research and analysis of global VAT and GST. Robert received a B.A. magna cum laude in Legal Studies from Quinnipiac University and a J.D. cum laude from Suffolk University Law School. Robert is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.
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