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The CDU / CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag is apparently considering a financial tax package for online commerce to support city centers. This is meant to compensate for a very specific imbalance.
According to a newspaper report, the Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag plans to tax parcels in online retail. Retail trade, which was hit by the crown lockdown, should be helped by a “pact for lively inner cities,” reports “Welt am Sonntag,” citing an available policy document. To this end, a “city center fund” should be created, which should be fed with tax money, but also with a new fee for online trading.
“Proportional to the order value”
According to the information contained in the policy document, a “package delivery for online commerce” is required, “the quantity of which is proportional to the order value”. The fee must be collected from the Internet dealer and paid by him at the tax office. Whether this charge results in higher prices, it depends on the provider.
According to the information, the authors of the document are Andreas Jung, deputy leader of the Union parliamentary group, responsible for financial policy, and Christian Haase, local political spokesman for the parliamentary group (both CDUs). According to “WamS”, the reason for their move is as follows: “With the income, online retailers share the costs of the municipal infrastructure they use. This eliminates the imbalance compared to the fixed retailer, which already today contributes significantly significant to the municipal budget with its taxes. “
Revenues from the new tariff should immediately relieve local retail trade: “none of that remains in the federal treasury,” the newspaper quotes the newspaper. In addition, the “lively city center pact” should help businesses that had to close temporarily due to the pandemic with more generous bridging aid, quick loans and tax breaks.
