The presidency minister said this Thursday that about 32 thousand families receive 200 euros a month in income support and devalued the issue of sending, stressing that these serve “countless times” to help set criteria.
“From the point of view of whoever was the objective of the income support measure, it was fully achieved, not only because we even went beyond the universe initially envisaged, since we have 32 thousand families receiving the maximum amount envisaged”said Presidency Minister Mariana Vieira da Silva at the end of the Council of Ministers in Évora.
The minister provided this information after being asked whether the cabinet would like to clarify the legal diploma under which income support falls, after receiving an order from the State Secretary for Fiscal Affairs (SEAF) dated 1 June with indications to the Tax and Customs Administration (AT) about rules for applying this support.
In response, Mariana Vieira da Silva stated that “the design” of these support measures for families in the face of rising inflation “includes numerous assignments that help to establish the criteria so that they can be paid”.
“That’s what happened [também neste caso]the minister concluded, adding, however, that since this type of support measures were adopted, “the government’s availability to improve the measures over time” has been repeated.
Mariana Viera da Silva recalled that the government’s initial expectations indicated that this aid would reach about 150,000 families, an estimate lower than the more than 185,000 who were eligible and who receive an average monthly aid of €100.
This measure, which is expected to last for five years, aims at granting aid to tenants whose income tax exceeds 35%, up to a maximum of EUR 200 per month, with the Decree-Law stipulating that potential beneficiaries “have an annual income equal to or lower than the maximum limit of the sixth step of the table provided in paragraph 1 of article 68 of the Personal Income Tax Code (IRS)”.
The SEAF’s order clarifies to the AT that “income for purposes of determining the rate” should not only consider income included and taxed at the general IRS rate” (and which is contemplated in the aforementioned Section 68. º), “but also income taxed at special rates”.
Source: DN
