AKEL has ready a selected proposal for a legislation on the taxation of the windfall earnings of banks in order that the state can have elevated revenues which it should allocate in a focused technique to assist households and companies, stated the Secretary Basic of the Central Committee of AKEL Stefanos Stefanou, in statements after the disclosing of the busts of the heroes Christakis Panagiotou and Christos Georgiou, on Sunday, in Dromolaxia.
Mr. Stefanou stated that “the earlier Authorities of Nikos Anastasiadis – Democratic Alarm, with out having any obligation, dedicated Cyprus to the imposition of the so-called inexperienced taxes, and I say that it was not obliged as a result of the problem continues to be being mentioned within the European Union and has not but been taken last resolution”.
He famous that “it’s for this very motive” that for the second time in my letter to the Minister of Finance I request that the so-called inexperienced taxes not be imposed, taking into consideration the ever-increasing enhance within the worth of gas, taking into consideration the final accuracy that plagues households and companies. On the identical time, we ask the Authorities to revive measures for power, which it has reduce, however we additionally elevate the problem of decreasing the worth added tax on electrical energy from 19% to 9%,” stated Mr. Stefanou.
AKEL, he stated, “additionally takes under consideration the fiscal capabilities of the state, which as a result of accuracy within the final two years had elevated revenues of roughly 2.5 billion euros”.
He famous that “on the identical time we’re indicating to the state that it might probably enhance its revenues if it taxes the windfall earnings of banks and power corporations. That’s, earnings that went into the pockets of bankers and house owners of power corporations, resulting from the truth that rates of interest elevated. On the identical time, power corporations promote power produced from renewable power sources a lot larger than their value,” he identified.
Mr. Stefanou acknowledged that “as a result of the Authorities, whereas it had promised in any other case, has not executed so, AKEL has ready a selected proposal for a legislation on the taxation of the windfall earnings of banks in order that the state can have elevated revenues which it should allocate in a focused method in supporting households and companies”.
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