Heating allowance: end of time for applications

Monday, 11/01/21, is the deadline for beneficiaries to apply for payment of the heating allowance for this winter.

Interested parties are invited to follow a specific procedure, through the platform MyHeating of AADE, in order to be credited with amounts ranging from EUR 80 to 650.

The heating allowance for this winter season is Expanded, will be calculated on the basis of the settlement of residence of the person concerned and will be paid in two instalments, depending on the time of submission of the fuel purchase invoices.

In particular, the payment of the allowance will be made in two installments depending on the purchase invoices as follows:

• Until 31 January 2021 for all purchases invoiced until 31 December 2020.
• By 31 March 2021 for all purchases invoiced by 28 February 2021.

Clarifications of the Ministry of Finance for the heating allowance

About the heating allowance, the Department of the Treasury clarifies the following:

1. In cases of settlements whose residents cannot find their settlement or have problems with the Postal Code in the relevant directory, can contact the Taxpayer Service Centre of the Hellenic Tax Administration at 213162100, so that the relevant correction can be made immediately. Updates to the lists have already been made, following communication from those concerned.
2. For the first time this year in small settlements with high heating needs, those who consume firewood for heating are subsidised. Thus, it has been decided that the time frame in which the relevant invoices can be accepted is extended to count those issued from 1 June 2020. Those who have already proceeded to purchase firewood from 1 June 2020 can submit the relevant invoices on the platform, which is active.

It should be noted that the amount of the allowance received by each beneficiary may not be less than EUR 80 or more than EUR 650. The deadline for expressing interest for the heating allowance, based on current data, expires on Monday 11 January.

Through the application of the AADE, each Natural A person who is a candidate to be entered in the register of beneficiaries of the heating allowance, for the current consumption period, completes the requested data and receives an immediate response on the outcome of the request.

How to express interest for the heating allowance

On the AADE platform, there are two applications.

1. In the first, entitled «Expression of Interest», interested parties shall submit request, to join the register beneficiaries of heating allowance.
2. In the second, entitled «The Documents my», the purchase receipts shall be registered fuel items other than oil (natural gas, LPG, firewood, pellets). It is clarified that consumers oil heating are not required to submit proof of purchase because the cross-checking of these is done automatically.

Access to the platform is made with the passwords of the TAXISNET. Receipts for fuel purchases will be entered in a separate field until 28 February (except for oil) and until 31 March for gas. For heating oil, no documents are submitted as the cross-checking is done automatically. Those who register directly will be paid with the first payment by the end of January. Next payment by 31 March and by 26 April for gas.

Step by Step (Expression of interest):

• I choose whether I live in a single-family house or an apartment building.
• I choose whether I am an owner or a tenant so I fill in the VAT number of the owner.
• I choose the type of fuel.
• I fill in the Power Supply Number.
• I choose a settlement.
• I fill in the square metres of the dwelling.
• I fill in the IBAN in myTAXISnet.

The criteria

1. The annual total family income is up to EUR 12,000 for an unmarried taxpayer and EUR 20,000 for a married taxpayer or married persons or parties to a civil partnership, plus EUR 2,000 for each child. Similarly, for a single-parent family, the above income is EUR 22 000, increased by EUR 2 000 for each child after the first.
2. The total value of real estate should not exceed 130,000 euros for unmarried persons and 250,000 euros for married persons or parties to a civil partnership and single-parent families.