Legislative changes to be implemented from June 1 threaten to expel property owners in Greece from short term rental platforms like Airbnb etc if they do not comply with the provisions. Property owners who do not declare their properties in the Register of Short-Term Lease of Real Estate of AADE …

Greek capital Athens are among an alliance of 22 cities from across Europe that urged the EU on Thursday to enact tougher rules on Airbnb and other short-term holiday rental platforms, accusing them of driving up property prices and squeezing out locals. Representatives from Paris, Barcelona, Florence, Berlin and other …

Online booking platform Airbnb will pay compensation to millions of hosts around the world due to coronavirus lockdown and cancellations, CEO Brian Chesky said in a message on Tuesday. Airbnb will pay the compensation because of a wrong decision to allow guests who have canceled to get refund. The compensation …

With the coronavirus outbreak heading towards its peak in Greece, many health workers need free housing for several reasons. Some have been deployed to hospitals away from home and in other regions, others want to live alone in order to protect their families, especially the vulnerable family members. An initiate …

The fashion of the short-term leases via the online platform Airbnb is slowly starting to go downwards both in terms of occupancy and prices According to daily tanea, more and more property owners in Athens and Attica abandon the short-term leases and return to traditional “tenants.” Fierce competition and rising …

Short-term rentals via online platforms like Airbnb need the consent of all apartment owners if the place to rent is in an apartment building. This was the ruling of a Greek court in Nafplio, a ruling that strikes a blow to the Airbnb market in the country. The One-Member Court …

The Independent Authority for Public Revenues (AADE) on Sunday revealed that it has tracked down some 20,000 undeclared short-term rental properties on the Airbnb platform , which had not been added by their owners to the AADE electronic register. The authority has also found 130 property owners that had concealed …

The Greek economy benefited from Airbnb by 1.4 billion US dollars in 2018, the online rentals platform said in a press release. Airbnb released statistics for over 30 countries about the “direct economic impact” of the platform. The data are based on host income and estimated guest spending- in USD …

A luxury villa in Athens was banned from Airbnb and with a 9-month delay also from Booking.com after an Irish family found that the landlord had installed and hidden eight cameras were in “every room” including the bathroom. An Irish family were shocked to discover eight hidden cameras at an …

The Greek government is planning to activate restrictions on short-term rentals via online platforms like Airbnb. Reason for the government plans is the dramatic increase of the phenomenon that has lead to affordable rental prices for locals. The ministries of Finance, Labor and Tourism are to set a committee assigned …

Short-term lease via the platform Airbnb is spreading in Greece as more and more apartment and home owners prefer to lease to tourists and visitors. However, they are surprised to see that the revenues they were anticipated to earn are decreasing. Reason for this is the plethora of offer that …

Greek tax authorities finally activated the platform for registrations for revenues from short-term rentals via online platforms like Airbnb, Home Away and others. The registration platform “Short Term Residence Rentals Registration” went in operation late Thursday night. It mainly concerns property owners, natural persons and legal entities, that lease their …

Tax inspectors uncover tax evading Airbnb owners by pretending to be customers. According to Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE), the trap has revealed a total of 55 Airbnbn tax evaders, so far. In some cases, the ‘fake customers’ even proceeded to booking an Airbnb flat. The first Airbnb …

Short-term property rentals through online platforms like Airbnb can be exempted from Value Added Tax under certain conditions. According to a circular issued by the Independent Authority for Public Revenue, VAT exemption is provided in cases where the owner does not offer any additional services to guests comparable to hotel …

European countries are trying to regulate their short-term rental markets – Barcelona has restricted the issue of rental licences in its central districts, and Portugal has made it mandatory to show the official rental license number of any property when it’s advertised online. What measures is Greece taking in this …

Airbnb refused to provide the Greek Finance Ministry with information on property rentals thus delaying the launch of  an online platform where owners should register the rental transactions and pay the necessary taxes. According to information obtained by economic news website economy365.gr,  the Finance Ministry has tried for five months …

The legislation to tax incomes from short-term rentals via online platforms like Airbnb has been  published in a circular recently issued by the General Secretary for Public Revenues. The legislation  imposes tax rates for incomes of natural persons coming from short-term rentals via the online platform Airbnb. A 15% tax …

Short-term property rental platform Airbnb has announced that it will be helping to find housing for some 35,000 asylum seekers trapped in Greece. Property owners can offer to host refugees from one night to up to three months. Over the weekend, Airbnb unveiled an ambitious new platform in order to …

A total of 48 million euros is estimated to go into Greek state coffers in 2018  if the Greek government manages to collect tax from Airbnb-style short-term rentals. According to estimates, more than 8,000 properties in Attica alone are being leased out to tourists illegally. Airbnb-style rentals are depriving the …

The Greek Finance Ministry has apparently prepared the long awaited law that will charge up to 45% on taxes for short-term rentals via online platforms like  Airbnb. Greek media report today that the deputy minister in charge of taxes Tryfon Alexiadis has submitted the draft to Katerina Papanatsiou, the minister …