The PSD will propose in the specialty of the 2023 state budget to expand the housing expense deduction with the IRS and allow municipalities to reduce IMI collection to a minimum of 0.1%.
These proposals are part of a series of about 200 amendments that the Social Democrats will be submitting to the proposed state budget, estimated to cost €500 million, about 0.2% of GDP, according to the Social Democrats.
“It is without prejudice to the deficit and debt target that the government has in the state budget (…) There is margin on the tax revenue side in light of the macroeconomic scenario to include these measures “, defended the parliamentary leader of the PSD Joaquim Miranda Sarmento, during a press conference in parliament.
Among the novelties presented this Friday – the PSD had already announced its main priorities for this budget at the beginning of October – there is a proposal to increase the number of beds for displaced students through the conclusion of a multi-year contract, until the end of the legislature , between the government and the private, social, local authorities and IPDJ sectors to solve housing problems.
The reduction of the tax on IRS savings (reduction of the withholding percentage from the current 28% to 10% for savings up to EUR 100,000), the increase in the IRS deduction for educational expenses to EUR 1,000 or the exemption from VAT on the acquisition of commodity food for the solidarity sector in 2023, other social-democratic proposals are under discussion in the specialism.
Source: DN
