The PS voted Friday against BE and PAN diplomas to introduce a tax on the so-called “excessive profits” of companies in some sectors, but socialist deputies Alexandra Leitão and Isabel Moreira abstained in both cases.
The PAN bill was intended to introduce a tax on excessive profits in the energy sector and received favorable votes from BE and Livre, abstaining from the PCP and the two deputies from the PS, with votes against from PS, in addition to the supporter’s vote. PSD, Enough and IL.
The BE diploma, on the other hand, was intended to introduce an additional tax on extraordinary profits of large companies in the banking, energy and food distribution sectors and received favorable votes from the PCP, PAN and Livre, in addition to the Bloco, and against the other banks, who deserved the abstention, the deputy and constitutionalist Isabel Moreira and the former Minister of Public Administration Alexandra Leitão.
These diplomas were discussed and voted on by the government’s proposal for a law, which was passed, and which includes three measures to mitigate the impact of the price hike, including the measure that would require another update of pensions before 2023. determines the provisions of the applicable law.
Of the 14 diplomas (nine bills and five resolutions) submitted by Chega, IL, PCP, BE and PAN, only one was approved: a draft PAN resolution – without legal force – recommending the government to implement a program for sustainable mobility for public administration for the period 2023-2028.
For example, the rejected diplomas called for an extraordinary regime for housing protection against inflation (BE), tax incentives for the use of public transport (PAN) or a reduction in the VAT rate for gas and electricity (Chega and IL).
The government’s proposal approved on Friday establishes a transitional regime to update pensions in 2023, with increases between 4.43% and 3.53% depending on the amount earned by retirees, after the executive has already decreed the payment of has approved an extraordinary allowance. , already in October, equal to half board.
The executive’s bill also puts the ‘brake’ on rents, which will have an increase limited to 2% in 2023, with the measure applying to all tenants with contracts signed until December 2022.
As a counterpart to this rent increase limitation, landlords will receive an allowance in the form of IRS or IRC, as envisaged in the proposal, as part of the rental income is excluded from taxation.
The third measure of the package to mitigate the impact of the price increase on household income included in the bill is the reduction of VAT on electricity from the current 13% to 6% for consumption up to 100 kWh per month (150 kWh per month). large households) for periods of 30 days and meters with a capacity of less than 6.9 kVA.
The electricity measure will take effect on October 1, 2022 and will last until December 31, 2023.
It was agreed at the last conference of leaders that the diploma will return to the final global vote at the next plenary vote on September 22, so the specialty process will have to be accelerated.
Source: DN
