This Friday, the PS presented a new proposal to cut the IRS, calling on the government to find a “balanced solution” that provides tax breaks for all incomes, but with a greater impact on average wages.
“It is important that the government agrees on an option that seems right to us and that is transversal for the parliamentary left and right, from which most of the benefits [no alívio do IRS] be it for those with an average salary,” PS deputy António Mendonça Mendes told reporters when presenting this new proposal to reporters.
According to Mendonça Mendes, thanks to this new formulation, the PS will ensure that “only about a third” of the 348 million euros that the government envisages for this tax cut “will go to the richest 10%.”
“The government wants 50% of the profits to go to the 10 richest segments of the population. It is in the hands of the government to take the step so that we can approve this as quickly as possible,” he said, repeating that the proposal presented this Friday. is a “balanced solution”.
The socialist assured that his party is “conducting these negotiations in good faith and in a spirit of openness,” admitting that they “have not experienced the same openness from the government.”
On Thursday, the PS general secretary said the party would be willing to make concessions to the IRS, but stressed that if the PSD wants an agreement, it will have to “show humility” and “take seriously” the socialists’ proposals.
On Wednesday, PSD unveiled a proposal to replace the government’s IRS proposal, strengthening rate cuts in Groups 3 and 4 and increasing them in Group 6, while also paving the way for annual group renewals.
The announcement of the new PSD proposal came during a two-week debate with the Prime Minister, where the leader of the Social Democrats’ parliamentary group, Hugo Soares, said that the aim of the new text was to bring it closer to the PS proposals. Chega and BE.
Last week, the PS, as reported by the Lusa agency, sent a replacement text to the PSD, BE and PCP, which aims to harmonize the various IRS projects discussed in the specialty, considering it possible to “ensure a broad consensus” on the approval of the measure.
This text will replace the government’s proposed legislation, as well as PS, Chega, IL, BE and PCP’s own bills.
On April 24, Parliament as a whole approved without a vote the PS, BE, and PCP IRS proposals, as well as the government’s requests, Chega’s, and IL’s proposals to downgrade the specialty to specialty.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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