Greece Digital Nomad Visa: Tax Implications

Confirmed, real, and genuinely valuable: Greece offers a 50% reduction on personal income tax for up to 7 years for qualifying new tax residents, under Article 5C of the Greek Income Tax Code. To qualify, you must actually transfer your tax residency to Greece and not have been a Greek tax resident for at least 5 of the previous 6 years. One real, non-obvious wrinkle: this tax provision was originally written around Greek-entity employment, which technically conflicts with the Digital Nomad Visa's own rule against working for Greek companies — in practice, nomads commonly resolve this by setting up a Greek sole proprietorship that invoices only foreign clients, or using an Employer of Record arrangement. Confirm the current mechanics directly with a Greek tax advisor rather than assume the reduction applies automatically just by holding the visa.