Employees and pensioners will be the first to see in practice the benefits of the new tax system, which brings two basic changes compared to the current ones: It links the reduction of the tax burden to the amount of the salary or pension, but also to the number of dependent children.
Civil servants, those paid the minimum wage and pensioners without a personal difference will see raises above inflation.
The general increase in pensions for 2026 is estimated at 2.35%, to which will be added the indirect increase due to the reduction in taxes (for those pensioners who are above the tax-free limit) as well as the 250-euro allowance that will be given in November to those who meet age and income criteria.
In December 2026, all pensioners in the country will receive, with their January 2027 pensions, the increases that will be provided based on the growth and inflation of 2026. By then, the two-stage “abolition of the personal difference” will have been completed, as announced by the prime minister at the Thessaloniki International Fair. Therefore, in December 2025, the increases that will be given will range between 1.17% and 2.5%.
No pensioner will be left without an increase, which in practice abolishes the key provisions of the Katrougalos law of 2016.