Instructions for donors who are taxed in Greece

In the new E1 tax return submitted these days for the 2017 tax year, you are required to provide detailed information on the details of your donations that you are claiming as tax deductions. The Orthodox Foreign Missionary Fraternity falls under the entities of POL.1052/20.2.2015, which specifies the entities to which donations paid are recognized for tax deduction. In order to complete your tax return correctly, you must have kept the collection note of the credit institution to which you deposited your donation. If you have not kept it, call us at 2310279910 and we may be able to help you. Only donations made to a bank account are recognized for deduction. Donations that you have deposited in person at our office (unless you requested a personalized deposit to a checking account) are not recognized, nor are donations sent via money order. In box 059 (or 060 for spouse), complete the following information for each transaction:

• Name: The full name of the depositor in whose name the promissory note was issued (or, if the deposit was made by a third party, the full name given as the reason)
• Donate to: Home
• Bank: The name of the bank where your deposit was made (National Bank, Alpha Bank, Piraeus Bank or Eurobank Ergasias S.A.). Donations paid at our offices and for which a personalized deposit to a demand deposit account is requested are deposited at Alpha Bank.
• Account number: The IBAN bank account number to which the deposit was made. The donation accounts for the above banks are
  • National Bank of Greece – IBAN: GR06 0110 2560 0000 2564 8000 609
  • Alpha Bank – IBAN: GR93 0140 4050 4050 0200 2000 170
  • Piraeus Bank – IBAN: GR70 0172 2000 0052 0005 2141 068
  • Eurobank – IBAN: GR24 0260 2060 0001 0010 1157 390
• No. Recovery Certificate: The identifier of the transaction written on the collection note issued by the bank.
• Amount: The amount of each deposit

Specifically, for donations via PayPal, the procedure is as follows:

• Name: The full name of the depositor from the account or with whose card the donation was made
• Donation to.
• Country: DE-GERMANY
• Bank: DEUTDEDBPAL
• Account number: DE22120700883002286542
• No. Recovery Certificate: The transaction ID that appears on the receipt that PayPal sent to your address.
• Amount: The amount of each deposit

Please note that donations that exceed the sum of 100 € (regardless of whether they have been made only to our Fraternity or to other organizations) and up to 5% of the taxable income you declare are recognized. The tax deduction is 10% of the total amount of donations recognised.