Government: Different Opinions on Taxation

Politics ♦ Published: January 3, 2012; 18:56 ♦ (Vindobona)

The social democrats want to re-introduce the inheritance tax. The people´s party plans to raise tax quotas for the 13th and 14th salary.

Government: Different Opinions on Taxation / Picture: © Vindobona.org

The taxation plans of the government become more concrete. The people´s party (ÖVP) considers to abolish tax reliefs for the 13th and 14th salary for high-income earners. The annual threshold would amount to € 200,000. According to ÖVP, the tax would only concern 7,400 persons. But it would bring € 153m to € 173m of tax intake. In order to avoid an…