With the provision of article 298 of law 4738/2020, with which paragraph 50 was added to article 72 of law 4172/2013, Greek solidarity tax has been abolished for one year, as of January 1st, 2021.
Should the taxable income from employment and pensions exceed the amount of €12,000, the above reductions are diminished by €20 per €1,000 of taxable income.
Changes also effective as of January 1st 2021, include the social contribution percentage as follows:
| Employee contribution | 14,12% |
| Employer's contribution | 22,54% |
In addition to the above, as of January 29th, 2021 the authorities announced the publicized provisions, replacing Article 97 of Law 4387/2016 (F.E.C. 85 A') in respect of paragraphs 3 and 4, providing for the payment of insurance contributions towards insured freelance lawyers and engineers, registered before and after 1.1.1993, who are included in the subsidiary insurance of the T.E.T.A.A.
The contributions are effective as of 01.01.2021 and are classified into the three (3) insurance categories noted in the table below.
| EFKA (TSMEDE)- Category 1 | |
| Employee contribution | 14.12% + €26 per month |
| Employer's contribution | 22.54% |
| EFKA (TSMEDE)- Category 2 | |
| Employee contribution | 14.12% + €31 per month |
| Employer's contribution | 22.54% |
| EFKA (TSMEDE)- Category 3 | |
| Employee contribution | 14.12% + €37 per month |
| Employer's contribution | 22.54% |
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