Electric heating allowance: Who are the beneficiaries – When will the payments be made – Newsbomb – News

A platform to support beneficiaries who choose electricity as a heating method is in operation.

on 1.2 million vulnerable consumers They will benefit from the payment Heating allowance On stream for this period From 01.01.2024 to 31.03.2024.

Platform for submitting applications for emergency heating assistance with electricity, For the period from 1/1/2024 to 3/31/2024, and it will be open starting Thursday 12/21.

Beneficiaries

As for the beneficiaries of the emergency heating aid with electricity, it is granted to natural persons, single, married, widowed, or to persons who have entered into a cohabitation agreement, or who are separated or divorced, and who consume electricity to heat their main residence (whether it is privately owned, rented, or granted free of charge).

Standards

In order to receive emergency assistance, those interested must meet the following criteria:

a. Enter:

The total annual household income, regardless of its real and assumed source, is the following:

• Up to €16,000 for an unmarried debtor, a widowed or separated debtor
• Up to 24,000 euros for a married debtor, married persons or parties to a cohabitation agreement who file a separate tax return, married persons who file a tax return based on point b of paragraph 4 of Article 67 of Law 4172/2013, or natural persons with whom a cohabitation agreement has been concluded and filed A joint tax return without children, which is increased by €5,000 per child.
• Up to €29,000 for a single-parent family, which is increased by €5,000 for each child after the first.

To determine family status, the number of children is used, as well as income criteria, personal income tax return data, for the tax year 2022.

In addition, as long as they are involved in a business activity, the total gross income from the business activity of the debtor, spouse or cohabiting partner and dependent children must not, according to Law 4172/2013, exceed €80,000.

B. Real estate:

The total value of the property, as resulting from the Administrative Decision EN.FIA of 2023, of the debtor, spouse or cohabiting partner and dependents must not exceed €200,000 for single debtors, widows or separated, and correspondingly €300,000 for married or cohabiting partners and single-parent families.