The SDP on Tuesday welcomed the government’s cuts to the IRS next year, given that it is “in tow” of social democratic proposals, but regretted not doing so this year and warned the tax burden would increase.
Speaking to reporters in parliament, PSD parliamentary leader Joaquim Miranda Sarmento did not yet want to announce the party’s voting results.
“This decision depends on the national leadership, but the PSD views this budget – like previous ones – as a budget that does not serve the interests of the Portuguese and does not serve the interests of the country.” , he ruled.
Despite the announced IRS cuts, Miranda Sarmento warned that the 2024 state budget report shows the tax burden will rise from 24.9% of GDP to 25.2% “on taxes alone.”
“The budgets of the PS Government taught us that, at least on paper, the tax burden was reduced. When the implementation was completed, it was clear that it had increased. Now the tax burden is no longer reduced even on paper,” he said. complained.
In this forecast, the PSD parliamentary leader considered that “no matter how much the government talks about cutting the IRS, the tax burden for the Portuguese will continue to increase significantly.”