The joint ministerial decision on the heating allowance for the winter period 2026–2027 has been published in the Government Gazette, and the AADE’s ‘myThermanisi’ platform is expected to open on Tuesday 10 November, as announced by the Deputy Minister of Finance, Dimitris Markopoulos. Applications must be submitted by Friday 4 December. Anyone who meets the deadline will receive the advance payment by Wednesday 23 December.
This year, the amounts have increased by 30 per cent. The allowance starts at 130 euros and goes up to 1,040 euros, with a maximum of 1,300 euros in areas with higher heating needs and 1,560 euros in the coldest settlements. The income and asset criteria remain the same as last year.
Who is eligible?
- Income up to 16,000 euros for single, widowed or divorced people; up to 24,000 euros for married or cohabiting couples; plus 5,000 euros for each dependent child.
- Single-parent families up to €29,000, plus €5,000 for each child after the first.
- Property worth up to €200,000 for unmarried people and up to €260,000 for married couples and single-parent families, plus €40,000 per child.
- Gross income from the household’s business activities up to 80,000 euros.
Those who are guests or dependants, those who own more than two cars, and those who pay the luxury lifestyle tax are not eligible. Recipients of the Social Household Tariff (KOT) are also excluded, including for electricity.
What you need to have ready
Applications can only be submitted online via myAADE (myaade.gov.gr) under ‘Applications’ → ‘Popular Applications’ → ‘myHeating’, using your TAXISnet credentials. Before you begin, please check that you have registered an IBAN account on myAADE for which you are the account holder or joint account holder. Without this, the funds cannot be paid out.
To receive the full allowance, your fuel purchases or consumption must be at least double the amount to which you are entitled. So make sure you keep your fuel receipts.
If you live in a block of flats with central heating
The order of events is important here. First, the property manager or representative of the block of flats creates a profile for the block on mυΘέρμανση, listing the flats and their heating shares. Only then can the tenants submit an application. The heating oil invoice must be issued in the name of the block of flats’ tax registration number (AFM), if it has one, or in the name of the tax registration number used to create the profile. If your block of flats already had its tank filled in October, ask the property manager which tax identification number the invoice was issued to.
Payments
The advance payment is due by 23 December. Those who received the allowance last year will receive 60 per cent of last year’s amount, increased by 30 per cent. New beneficiaries will receive 50 per cent of the amount to which they are entitled, also increased by 30 per cent. The minimum advance payment is 80 euros. Payment will follow by 28 May 2027 and, for natural gas, district heating and electricity, a supplementary payment will be made by 30 July 2027.
The allowance is tax-free and exempt from seizure. Meanwhile, until Sunday 15 November, the 40-lepton-per-litre discount on heating oil remains in force at the pump; we we wrote about here. Whether it will be extended for the second half of November is expected to be announced later this week.
For help with the application, the AADE can be contacted on 1521, on working days from 07:00 to 20:00, and online at my1521.
Source: Joint Ministerial Decision on the heating allowance for 2026–2027 (Government Gazette, November 2026), as reported by ERT on 2 November 2026; statements by the Deputy Minister of Finance, D. Markopoulo, 16 October 2026.
