Friday, July 10, 2015

The main points of the reforms proposed by Greece – RPP News

The Government of Alexis Tsipras has presented a new set of measures to partners who are similar to proposals made by the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker.

The catalog contains a number of increases in both direct and indirect taxes, social security contributions increases and reductions of pensions

These are the main measures collected.

– Increased income tax from 11% to 15% for incomes below 12,000 euros, and 33% to 35% for higher

-. Lowering the super-reduced VAT tax 6, 5% to 6% for medicines, books and theater; 13% is set for basic food, hotels, energy and water; 23% for the rest, including restoration, which currently applies a 13%

-. Removal from October discount 30% VAT on the islands Aegean richer and more tourists.

Increase of 26% to 28% corporate tax with an advance payment of 100% of this tax – – the most remote islands

Exceptions.. Phasing out subsidies . diesel for farmers

– Gradual Abolition of tax exemptions to farmers by 2017

-. Increased luxury tax from 10% to 13% with retroactive effect to the declaration of 2014 and applicable from now also ships with a minimum length of 5 meters

-. phasing out the scheme of early retirement with immediate application and except for risk professions and mothers with disabled children, with a penalty system. The aim is to achieve by 2022 the increasing age of the actual retirement at age 67, and 62 for those with 40 years of work quoted

-. Increase in prices of pensioners to the health system from 4% to 6%

-. Phase-out of aid to the lowest pensions (EKAS) between now and December 31, 2019

<. p> – freeze pensions in nominal terms until 2021

-. Fusion of supplementary pensions, which will then be financed exclusively by contributions from workers (until now were financed by employers and in some cases State aid)

-. Taxes on TV advertising

-. immediate privatization of regional airports, railways and ports and a highway.

EFE

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