Electricity subsidy: From June 14 the applications for refund up to 600 euros – The whole Power Pass process

After June 14, the platform for the electricity subsidy opens with a deadline for applications on June 30, according to the Government Gazette that was made public.

1. According to article 36 of law 4936/2022 (AD 105), extraordinary financial support is provided from the state budget to cover part of the increase of
electricity consumption bills in electricity bills of domestic consumers, issued during the period from 1 December 2021 to 31 May 2022, hereinafter referred to as the “reference period”.

The start of operation of the application takes place after 14 June 2022. The submission of the application for receiving financial support takes place until 30 June 2022.

Beneficiaries, procedure, duration and content of the application for receiving the Extraordinary Financial Aid

1. A necessary condition for the beneficiary to receive the financial support is to submit an application to a special application of the Single Digital Portal of Public Administration (gov.gr – EDP) created by the MAE MA, in collaboration with the Independent
Public Revenue Authority (AADE), until the date defined herein. The start of operation of the application takes place after 14 June 2022. The submission of the application for receiving financial support takes place until 30 June 2022. The payment of the beneficiaries takes place after the completion of the submission and examination of the applications.

2. The financial support is provided to natural persons, tax residents of Greece, with annual net family income after tax deduction, tax year 2020, up to forty five thousand (45,000) euros. If the taxpayer submits a tax return for the first time for the tax year 2021, the net family income after taxes, tax year 2021 is taken into account. The income data of the tax year 2020, are taken into account, as declared until May 1, 2022. The data tax residence, as well as income for the tax year 2021, are taken into account, as stated, until the time of application for financial assistance to each beneficiary.

3. Income after deduction of taxes is calculated as taxable income after deduction of the corresponding tax. Family income is calculated as the sum of the income of the debtor and the spouse or Member of the Cohabitation Agreement (MSS), according to the income tax return of the tax year taken into account in accordance with the above paragraph. The applicant must be a tax resident of Greece on May 1, 2022.

4. Prerequisite for receiving financial support is the beneficiary to have submitted a tax return of income for the tax year 2020 by May 1, 2022, if required by law and if required to submit for the first time
income tax return for the tax year 2021, to have submitted a tax return for the tax year 2021, before submitting the application for financial assistance. In the latter case, the taxpayer confirms when submitting the application that he is required to file a return for the first time in the tax year 2021.

Beneficiaries of the aid are household electricity consumers, which are contracted to floating electricity supply tariffs that are adjusted based on the wholesale electricity purchase price. The aid concerns the consumption account of the main residence of the beneficiaries, as well as the rented residence of dependent children of the household studying
inside.

6. For the receipt of the financial support, each power supply number, for each month, is declared by only one beneficiary. In case a power supply number for a month may be declared by two or more beneficiaries, the procedure of distribution of aid per beneficiary described in article 3 hereof shall be followed.

Procedure

7. The beneficiary, after being authenticated with his personal codes – credentials of the General Secretariat of Information Systems of Public Administration of the Ministry of Digital Government (taxisnet), according to article 24 of law 4727/2020 (AD 184), enters into force and apply for financial assistance (a) for electricity bills for domestic benefits that relate to the main residence of the beneficiary and (b) for electricity bills for domestic benefits for rented housing for dependent children of the family studying at home.

8. For each case the following procedure is followed:

8a) for electricity bills for domestic services of the interior that concern the main residence of the beneficiary:
In case of natural persons or members of the household residing in the same main house during the reference period, the application for financial assistance is submitted by one of the members. In addition in case of obligation to submit
joint tax return for the fiscal year 2021 by the two spouses who are not separated, based on the data of the Register of taxpayers of AADE, as formulated on May 1, 2022, the application for financial assistance is submitted by one of the two spouses and in case of application another spouse, she is automatically rejected from the application.

The applicant is invited to confirm or update his / her main residence details for the reference period. More specifically, the following are followed
steps:

(i. Drawn from the data of the last definitively submitted income tax return, ie the tax year 2021 in case it has
submitted, or tax year 2020 in case the declaration of the tax year 2021 has not been submitted yet, all the data concerning the main residence from Table 5 of the tax return (address – streets including the square-power supply number and all codes related to the main residence (208, 204, 808, 203, 240, 211, 212, 231, 213, 214 and 215).
(ii. In case the main residence of the beneficiary remains the same as above, for the period from 1 December 2021 to 1 May 2022, the beneficiary confirms that the above details of main residence are valid for the entire above period.
(iii. In case the beneficiary has changed main residence in relation to the above, during the period December 1, 2021 to May 1, 2022, fill in the
corresponding full details for the main residence that resided on 1 December 2021, on 1 January 2022, on 1 February 2022, on 1 March 2022, on 1
April 2022 and May 1, 2022. The change of the data of the main residence constitutes a responsible declaration to the tax authority and is pre-filled in the data of the income declaration of the tax year 2022. In case a final declaration of income for the tax year 2021, especially the details of main residence for December 1, 2021 can not be changed by the beneficiary.

8b) for electricity bills for their domestic services related to the rented residence of dependent children of the family studying inside:

The application for financial support is made by one of the parents or guardians who declares in Table 6 of the tax return the rent he pays for the residence of a child of the family studying in the country. To apply for financial assistance for the rented residence of a dependent child of the family that
If you are studying at home, you must first have submitted a final income tax return to the parent or guardian and have declared in Table 6 of the tax return the rent paid for the residence of a child of the family studying at home and the corresponding benefit number.
current.

In case of obligation to submit a joint tax return for the tax year 2021 by the two spouses who are not separated, based on the data of the Taxpayer Registry of AADE, as they have been formed on May 1, 2022, the application for financial assistance is submitted by one of the two spouses and at the request of the other spouse, it is automatically rejected by the application.

The applicant is invited to confirm or update the details of the rented residence of dependent children of the family studying internally for the period December 2021-May 2022.

Calculation of amount

Calculation of the amount of aid per beneficiary, initially calculates the amount of aid for each household utility electricity bill issued between 1 December 2021 and 31 May 2022.

2. The amount of aid per electricity bill shall be calculated as sixty percent (60%) of the positive balance resulting from the deduction from the amount of the account adjustment clause of the deduction amounts (a) granted by the special account with the name “Energy Transition Fund” of article sixty-first of Law 4839/2021 and b) which has already been granted by the electricity suppliers on the energy consumption of the account.

3. If the invoice does not relate to a floating electricity supply invoice adjusted on the basis of the wholesale electricity purchase price, the applicant shall not be entitled to aid. Also, in case the account does not concern a household benefit, the applicant is not entitled to receive aid.

4. For the purposes of the present, for floating electricity supply tariffs that are adjusted based on the wholesale electricity purchase price, which do not indicate separately in their charges the amount corresponding to
in the revaluation clause, the amount of the revaluation clause is imputedly calculated by the energy supplier, as the amount resulting after deducting from the amount of the energy supply charge based on consumption, an imputed amount of energy charge for which the price of 120 euros is taken into account. MWh.

5. Discounts granted by electricity suppliers shall include any form of rebate which depends on the energy consumption of the account, including consistency rebates. Fixed amount discounts that are not calculated on the energy consumed are excluded.

The financial aid is granted to beneficiaries who were charged with a total increase of electricity bills issued within the reporting period, for an amount over thirty (30) euros and can not exceed six hundred (600) euros per beneficiary. The amount of financial assistance is tax-free, inalienable and unsecured in the hands of the State or third parties.

The amount of financial support is credited to the bank account of the beneficiary who has declared in the application of article 2, by the public limited company of the Greek State “Information Society Monoprosopi SA” (IS MA).

See the relevant Government Gazette on the right, in the column Related Files