Those who rent a main residence or student accommodation have until tomorrow, Wednesday 30 September, to correct their 2025 tax return if they wish to receive their rent refund correctly in November. No application is required for this support. It is calculated automatically from the tenant’s E1 form, as it stands on the last working day of September. Any corrections made after that date will not be taken into account for this year’s payment.
The amount corresponds to one month’s rent, i.e. 1/12 of the annual rent declared. For a main residence, the maximum amount is 800 euros, with an additional 50 euros for each dependent child, and for student accommodation the maximum is also 800 euros. Payment is made as a lump sum by the end of November.
The income thresholds are €25,000 annual taxable income for unmarried individuals and €35,000 for married couples or those in a civil partnership, with an additional €5,000 for each dependent child. For single-parent families, the threshold is €39,000, with €5,000 for each additional child. An asset limit also applies to the main residence: €120,000 for single people, with an additional €20,000 for a spouse or civil partner and for each additional dependent child. There is no asset limit for student accommodation.
The mistakes that cost you are usually minor. On form E1, check the reference number of the electronic tenancy agreement, the term, the landlord’s details and the amounts. For your main residence, the details go in fields 811 to 816, and for student accommodation, in fields 817 to 822. Please also check that the IBAN account you have registered with the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) is active, as this is where the payment will be made. The correction is made via an amended return for the 2025 tax year via Taxisnet.
Accuracy is important for another reason too: anyone who provides false information must repay the full amount, plus annual interest at 8.76 per cent, and will be excluded from receiving the grant for three years.
There is also a change regarding the next payment. From 1 January 2026, rent for main and student accommodation must be paid via a bank. Anyone paying in cash this year will lose the tax refund for their 2026 rent, which will be paid in November 2027, whilst the landlord will lose the 5% tax relief on rental income. In an area such as Artemida, where many tenancies are still arranged ‘under the table’, it is worth sorting this out with the landlord now, for the remaining months.
30 September is also the deadline for the 7th monthly instalment of the 2026 ENFIA and for the 3rd instalment of income tax, for those who did not pay in a single lump sum. Payments can be made via myAADE using a card or IRIS, or by bank transfer using the payment reference number. The deadline for confirming ‘Home Renovation’ also falls on the same day, regarding which we wrote about on Saturday.
Source: Housing Policy Portal (stegasi.gov.gr), ‘Rent Refund’ scheme; ERT, 15 September 2026; AADE, deadlines 30 September 2026; Naftemporiki, 14 September 2025.
