Children only for the poor, tax refund for others (overview)

Health recommendations on how to organize elections and the census, asked Donchev

Allowances for children of BGN 50 should only be granted to low-income families and the rest should receive tax relief. This idea was discussed today by the Patriots and GERB.

IMRO’s proposal is that these parents can deduct BGN 4,500 from their taxable income. This will give you

BGN 450 effect

in size

of taxes,

explained the vice president of the party Iskren Veselinov. He announced on Facebook that Finance Minister Kiril Ananiev had agreed that all Bulgarian children should be supported. Currently, 200 BGN per child is deducted from the taxable income of one of the parents, the effect is 20 BGN saved from the tax.

The cabinet’s idea of ​​having allowances for all children next year passed in the first reading, but before the second GERB introduced child allowances to remain only for low-income families. According to the Ministry of Finance in 2020

reach

570 thousand children of

a total of 1,250,000

Extending the aid to another 680,000 children would cost another BGN 390 million.

In addition, the new GERB texts increase the amount of the allowance, but also the threshold to receive it: from 410 BGN, the income per head of household goes to 510. The amount for a child of 40 BGN is currently raised to 50, for two – from 90 to 110 BGN. For 3 children next year they will take 165 BGN, for 4 – 185 BGN. 80% of this amount will be paid at an official income between BGN 510 and BGN 650 per person.

The result comes after IMRO warned it would vote against and proposed that child benefits go to everyone. The unions of the Ministry of the Interior demanded apologies and even resignations of deputies for the reasons with which the GERB presented the amendment. They state that “an additional resource amounting to BGN 204.86 million is provided.

However, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Minister Ananiev yesterday strongly denied that the government intended to transfer money saved by children for salaries to doctors and police officers. “What came out in the media that there is some opposition between receiving a 15% increase in the salaries of employees of the Ministry of the Interior system and parents of children is not true. The necessary resources were provided by the restructuring of expenditures and transfers to the central budget, “Ananiev said at a meeting in the Council of Ministers.” Everywhere

we were criticized,

that the children of

the wealthy

parents will

they also receive

these assignments

So we decided to go back to the previous version. I think it is fair and accurate and it has nothing to do with the police, so do not confuse them, because first, it is not fair, second, it is not beautiful, “said Borissov.

At the meeting, the Minister of Social Affairs Denitsa Sacheva reported that 470 thousand food packages will be distributed. Of the 16,000 people living in nursing homes, about 900 are infected.

“We have a huge base like hospital beds, but you have to focus on people with comorbidities to get them into the hospital. Because these 14 days are very difficult for coronavirus patients,” Borissov said. Make sure the rates are provided. of vaccines offered by the EC and, if necessary, we will buy freezers. ”He instructed the Minister of Health to draw up a vaccination plan for population groups at risk, when our country already has approved vaccines.

Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev asked the health authorities for clear recommendations on how to conduct parliamentary elections and the census next year, so as not to create additional risks.