Tax & legal help

The guide's tax headline for Greece is its pensioner regime — a 7% flat tax for foreign pensioners lasting 15 years — alongside a 50% income-tax exemption for relocating employees, a non-dom flat tax for investors, and property tax (ENFIA) charged per square metre, with no regional income tax. It is deliberately advice-heavy beyond those headlines: it budgets for professional tax and estate advice at several points, and points readers to Greece's Government Gazette for the law itself.

The headline scheme: 7% flat tax for foreign pensioners, 15 years

The guide lists first among its “schemes that attract expats”: “7% flat tax for foreign pensioners for 15 years.” The site data carries the identical line, and the retirement text adds the one condition the sources state: the regime is for foreign pensioners who move their tax residency to Greece. Three things follow from the sources' own wording, and only those three are claimed here: the rate is 7%, the duration is 15 years, and it is aimed at foreign pensioners who relocate their tax residency. The guide gives no eligibility list beyond that, no application mechanics or deadlines, and no statement of how a U.S. pension specifically is treated — so none is stated here. For the retiree costs built around the regime, see the Retirement page.

The other schemes the guide names

50% income tax exemption for 7 years for relocating employees — the guide's schemes list, with the remote-work section's shorter version of the same line, a “50% income-tax break for relocating workers,” sitting alongside the Digital Nomad visa's ~$3,800/month income figure.

Non-dom €100k flat tax for investors — again a schemes-list headline, stated in euros in both sources; the guide gives no further terms.

Golden Visa via property, higher thresholds in Athens — the schemes version of the visa list's property route (which adds “and the islands”). No threshold amounts appear in either source, so they are flagged here as leads to research — starting from the official legislation source below — rather than described in detail this page cannot source.

Property and regional taxes the guide does state

Property tax (ENFIA): about $2–13 per m² per year — the guide's “Taxes (property)” line, matched exactly in the site data. Note the basis in the guide's own wording: a per-square-metre yearly charge, not a percentage of value.

Regional income tax: none. The guide's line is simply “None regional.” The guide gives no national income-tax bands or rates beyond the schemes above, so this page publishes none.

At the guide's rate of $1 ≈ €0.86, euro-denominated tax bills convert at roughly that rate for planning.

U.S. expats: the obligations the guide actually covers

Be clear about what this guide does not do: it contains no U.S. filing rules — no mention of U.S. returns, foreign-account reporting, exclusions or credits — and the site data adds none. What the guide does, consistently, is budget and prompt for advice at the points where U.S. obligations bite:

• Before you become resident — the Luxury timeline takes “tax structuring advice before you become resident,” and the Mid-range checklist includes “tax advice taken on residency timing.”
• For retirees — a $1,300 line for tax and estate advice covering double-taxation, pension treatment and wills, plus checklist advice on your tax residency date and the pension treaty.
• Official U.S. channel — the guide lists the U.S. Embassy in Greece among its official sources, and the Retirement checklist includes registering with the embassy or consulate.

That is the sourced position: take advice before residency, especially on double-taxation and pension treatment. Anything more specific about U.S. obligations would be unsourced here.

Legal and residency basics, with the official sources

The guide's official-law entry point is the Government Gazette (Εθνικό Τυπογραφείο), listed with its URL in the guide and the site data; the site data also links a Wikipedia law overview from the country page. Everyday legal basics the guide does state: Greece drives on the right, its time zone is EET (UTC+2) with daylight saving, and after a move the settle stage includes registering your address and opening a bank account. For retirees, the checklist adds preparing a local will and power of attorney. The guide's own closing disclaimer applies to this whole page: figures were current at publication in 2026, tax rules and visa schemes change, and the guide is not legal, immigration or financial advice — verify against the official sources before you rely on them.

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