Greece launches strict tracking for farm sales to curb fraud by 2027
This new system, which is based on the creation of detailed invoices and a single code (taxonomy) for agricultural products, will begin to be implemented gradually in the year's first half, initially in the sales of milk and meat, and will expand to all agricultural products by mid-2027.
AADE notes that this is an intervention with a strong fiscal, growth and institutional footprint, which directly affects farmers, livestock breeders, processing companies and the market itself.
According to the tax administration's plan, a decisive change is the introduction of detailed invoices for the sale of agricultural products. Through the new taxonomy, each product will be accompanied by specific, standardized information, such as its type, quantity and category.
AADE sources say the new model is expected to strengthen farmers' tax compliance and improve control of declared incomes, objective verification of the production criteria on the basis of which subsidies are calculated, while addressing the phenomenon of branding imports as Greek, which has historically been one of the greatest troubles of the farming economy, with lamb and dairy products as a typical example.
Each transaction will reflect what exactly was sold. For example, a milk sale will indicate that the producer sold, say, 10 liters of cow's milk to a specific dairy. Until now, the taxman only knew that milk was sold and the value, without further analysis. Now, AADE will have at its disposal detailed data on the type and quantity of the product, proceeding with more accurate subsidy calculations, in combination with the other declared data.
