Greece: New law introduces tax incentives for innovation and corporate transformations
The new law also includes other various direct and indirect tax measures.
Law 5162/2024 introduces various tax incentives for innovation and development, as well as a new framework for tax incentives for corporate transformations.
The new law also includes other various direct and indirect tax measures including:
- Extension of the suspension of value added tax (VAT) on new buildings
- Extension of the suspension of capital gains tax on the transfer of immovable property
- Tax exemption of intra-group dividends and capital gains derived from shares of non-EU legal entities (with effect from tax year 2025)
- New tax framework for closed ended funds (with effect from tax year 2025)
- Repeal of stamp duty as of December 1, 2024 (previously set to be January 1, 2025), to be in line with implementation date of the digital transaction tax
The provisions of the new law generally apply after December 5, 2024—the date that the law was published in the government gazette.
Read a December 2024 report prepared by the KPMG member firm in Greece