The Public Revenue Authority (AADE) published Circular E. 2012 of 30 January 2020, which provides guidance on reducing the withholding tax (WHT) rate from 10% to 5% under the provisions of article 24 of Law 4646/2019. This also states that this reduced WHT rate applies to dividend income derived from 1 January 2020.
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