A PAN spokesman said this Monday that the government’s measures to support families are “far short of” real needs, pushing for a review of IRS levels and measures to support the energy transition.
“The measures announced by the government are not in line with what the PAN and the Portuguese expected,” Inés Sousa Real said in statements to reporters in Parliament in response to the Prime Minister’s statements.
For the lone PAN MP, the measures announced this Monday “represent zero for some families, as well as for the energy transition imposed in the context of the war”, such as incentives for energy autonomy or the use of public transport.
“Zero in IRS scale down or IRC down, zero for students when Spain updated grants,” he lamented.
The PAN spokeswoman also considered that “pensioners lose out” from the measures envisaged by the Government, which include a one-time extraordinary payment in October, equivalent to half of the pension, but a smaller increase than expected under the current law from January.
“Even the tax on excess profits, which could be a way to offset the extension measures, is not being introduced. Those who pollute the environment the most and who make the most profit continue to benefit,” he criticized.
As such, the PAN spokesman believes that these are “measures that seem to be able to alleviate the situation in the short term” but remain “a policy of zero satisfaction for the real needs of the Portuguese”.
According to the communiqué of this meeting of the Council of Ministers, the Decree-Law establishing family support measures defines “the assignment of an extraordinary payment of 125 euros to each citizen who is not a pensioner with an income of up to 2,700 euros gross per month” and “the appointment of all families, regardless of income , an emergency payment of 50 euros for each descendant under the age of 24 under their care.”
The same decree-law defines “the payment of 14 and a half months of pensions to pensioners instead of the usual 14 months” and “extending until the end of the year the suspension of carbon tax increases.” , on the return of additional income on VAT and the reduction of the PIT”.
This Monday, another Decree-Law was adopted, which “allows, as an exception, the return of end users of natural gas with an annual consumption of less than or equal to 10,000 m3 to the regulated tariff regime.”
The government also approved a draft law for submission to the Assembly of the Republic, which provides for “limiting to 2% the maximum renovation of the cost of housing and commercial rent in 2023” and “creating rental support by attributing a tax credit to property income.”
In this bill, the executive branch also proposes “a reduction in VAT on the supply of electricity from the current 13% to 6% valid until December 2023”, and “an increase in pensions in 2023 from 4.43% to pensions to 886 euros”. , 4.07% for pensions from 886 to 2659 euros and 3.53% for other pensions subject to adjustment.”
According to the statement of the Council of Ministers, “The government has also determined a price freeze for travel and tickets in public transport at the KP for the whole of 2023, providing appropriate compensation to this company and the transport authorities.”
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
