The top tax rate always causes big discussions.
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Berlin In the coming years, the state will take in almost 150 billion euros less than previously forecast. Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) has not shaken this result of the latest tax estimate. On the contrary: he attributes the reduced income primarily to the tax cuts of the traffic light coalition. So they are priced in – and wanted by him.
Lindner’s coalition partners are not so happy about the lower tax revenue. While the finance minister presented the forecast, the left wing of the SPD presented a concept that provides for tax increases for high earners and the wealthy. And the chief housekeeper of the Greens, Sven-Christian Kindler, sounds similar: “Through a fair tax policy, strong shoulders can and should carry more.”
Tax policy remains the major bone of contention within the traffic light. Finance Minister and FDP leader Lindner regularly rejects calls for higher taxes. “Now is not the time for tax increases,” emphasized Lindner when the tax estimate was presented. He wants to save on the household instead.
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