Heating allowance: amounts and income criteria

“Rain” requests for a heating allowance exceeded 262 thousand within 72 hours of the “opening” of the myHeating platform: The disbursement of the allowance will be made in three installments and is linked to the date of registration of the relevant documents. The amount starts from 100 euros and goes up to 800 euros depending on the region and family composition. It is estimated that the first payment to beneficiaries will be made before Christmas, specifically around December 22.

Vangelis Dorakis writes

Those who meet income limits and “burn” – among other things – oil, natural gas or firewood, can apply. For those who have their own stove in an apartment building or those who live in a single-family home, the process is relatively simple, but becomes a little more complicated in the case of central heating.

Payment of heating allowance in installments

The allowance will be paid in three installments and will be linked to the date of registration of the relevant documents:

1. Until the end of December for all purchases that will be invoiced, provided that the required information is entered by December 15, 2023.
2. Until February 29 for all purchases to be invoiced through January 31, 2024 and provided the required information is entered by February 15, 2024.
3. Until April 28, invoices will be issued for all purchases until March 31, 2024, provided that the required information is entered by April 14, 2024.

What heating sources are supported?

But what heating sources are supported?

• Heating oil
• Lighting oil (blue kerosene) for stoves
• natural gas
• Liquefied petroleum gas cylinders
• Firewood or biomass (pellets) or
• Thermal energy through district heating

So those with kerosene stoves will also get an allowance (Lighting oil) Of course, those who have gas bottles, while… In the “dance” of supporting firewood, “the villages of the head” also entered.Especially for granting heating allowance to consumers of firewood and biomass (pellets), an additional condition is made that the property be located in a settlement with a population of 10,000 or less.

An additional condition is placed on granting a heating allowance to consumers of thermal energy through district heating The property is located in one of the municipalities of Serres, Yordaya, Kozani, Amyntaio or Megalopolis.

Every beneficiary is entitled to receive the aid Only one type of heating fuel or only thermal energy Through district heating

Steps to submit the application

When he entered On the myHeating platform to submit the requestthe beneficiary chooses whether to submit an application for inclusion in the register of beneficiaries of the benefit, as the beneficiary/nominee beneficiary of the benefit, or whether to declare thousands of heating costs between the tenants of an apartment building, as the administrator – the representative of its tenants.

The process for those who have their own stove in an apartment building, or live in a single-family home, is simple, but things become more complicated in the case of central heating.

The steps are:

• Select “Submit Request” and log in using Taxisnet codes
• “Expression of interest” option.
• Fuel selection (oil, natural gas, pellets)
• Enter the power supply number
• Choose “detached house” or “residential house”
• Choose “Owner” or “Occupier” (enter the owner’s VAT number)
• Enter a valid and active bank account number (IBAN) where the allowance will be credited.

Interest amounts and income limits

For the new winter season, the following applies to the heating allowance:

• The amount of the allowance starts from 100 euros and reaches 800 euros depending on the region and family composition
• The income limit remains at €16,000 for single people and €24,000 for married couples, an amount that is increased by €5,000 per child. Therefore, the income limit for a family with one child is €29,000, for a family with two children the maximum is €34,000, and for a family with three children, the income criterion is €39,000.
• A turnover limit of €80,000 per year was set for the first time for natural persons carrying on a business activity. In practice, freelancers and freelancers who show a total income from their occupation of more than €80,000 in their tax returns this year are automatically excluded from the heating allowance.