When does the 72 installment setting for employers open?

By Dimitris Katsaganis

The electronic services of e-EFKA will be open until Friday, February 4 at the latest, for the submission of applications by the affected employers for inclusion in the regulation of the 72 installments. This is reported by competent executives of the funds in Capital.grrecalling that until now the relevant services had been opened only for the affected freelancers.

In the meantime, with a decision of the Deputy Minister of Labor, Mr. Panos Tsakloglou, an extension of the deadline for submitting an application for the 72 installments is foreseen. Specifically, applications can be submitted until February 28.

It is reminded that the relevant regulation concerns only the affected entrepreneurs for debts of the period from February 2020 to June 2021.

According to this regulation (in up to 36 interest-free installments or in 37 -72 interest-bearing installments with 2.5% installments), while the amount of the monthly installment for the regulated insurance debts cannot be less than 50 €.

More specifically, the provisions of this regulation include upon request from the debtor overdue debts of affected employers, self-employed and self-employed from insurance contributions for periods of employment February 2020 to June 2021, which are non-regulatory previous years, for which an extension of payment had been granted.

As an exception, the provisions of this regulation may include, after the choice of the debtor, those of the above debts that have been subject to a permanent debt settlement regime from 27/10/2020 to 12/11/2021. This amendment concerns employers, self-employed and self-employed, to whom the measure of temporary prohibition of operation was imposed at any time in the period from 27/10/2020 to 31/07/2021.

Affected employers, self-employed and self-employed professionals who have been subject to a permanent debt settlement regime from 27/10/2020 to 12/11/2021, submit an exceptional request to the competent services of K.E.A.O. and through an electronic citizen service application on the e-Ε.Φ.Κ.Α website. in order for the relevant debts to be subject to the settlement of those affected by the pandemic.

The arrangement is lost in case no installment amount corresponding to 2 installments of the arrangement is paid.

It is noted that this arrangement is monitored independently, without being affected by the existence of current debts or the observance of other parallel arrangements of the same debtor. For this reason a special payment code was created, which is used exclusively to serve this arrangement. Loss of adjustment results in:

– the loss of the benefits of regulation.

– the conversion as required of the total balance of the debt and previous interest, additional fees and surcharges.

– the pursuit of debt collection by all means provided by applicable law.

For debtors who are subject to regulation in accordance with this law and comply with the terms of the regulation:

– The criminal prosecution against the debtor is suspended and the statute of limitations for the criminal offense is suspended.

– The execution of the imposed sentence is postponed or, if its execution has started, it is interrupted.

– The taking of compulsory collection measures is suspended.

– The continuation of the enforcement procedure on the real estate and movable property of the debtor is suspended. For seizures in the hands of third parties imposed up to the date of entry into the arrangement, the measure of seizure is lifted by the debtor being placed in the arrangement, upon request, and reimbursed amounts from seizures in the hands of third parties before the entry into this arrangement are taken into account. to cover current installments of the arrangement.

– The prescription of the debts, for which an application for inclusion in the regulation is submitted, is suspended and is not completed before 1 year has passed from the end of the regulation.

During the settlement and under the condition of observance of the terms of the specific settlement, a proof of insurance awareness of two months may be issued to the debtor.

Businesses are issued a certificate of insurance awareness for the collection of public works accounts.

Prerequisite is the non-existence of current or overdue debts for the specific project.

In case of debt, a certificate of insurance awareness is issued with a deduction of an amount equal to the amount of the debt.