S. Gentvilas: VAT and GPM should be reduced, the tax on polluting cars should be revised

“Since the 2008 crisis, when we were unable to borrow, nominal rates have been concentrated and not lowered, despite being called temporary. We take the position that temporarily imposed taxes should return to nominal tariffs, “Gentvilas said at a news conference Monday.

“The VAT gap in Lithuania is 24%, almost one billion.” One of the answers is to reduce VAT, the liberals are constantly defending and we provide it every year during the budget presentation, “he said.

The VAT rate was increased from 18% to 19% in January 2009 and to 21% in September of the same year.

Reducing the GPM, according to S. Gentvilas, should solve the problems of long-term unemployment in the regions.

“We have said that every year we will reduce the GPM by 1.25 percent and reduce it to 15 percent at the end of the term. In this way, we will get people to work, solve the problems of chronic long-term disability. duration in the regions and it will be worth working, ”said the vice president of the Liberal Party.

However, Gentville explained that the taxes will be sustainable: “The taxes will be sustainable, they will not change, and if they change, it will be discussed with the public and once in a period.

Gentvil also believes that the registration fee for polluting cars should be reviewed.

“Today’s car registration tax locks in the poor with clean cars and is poorly crafted because if your grandfather or someone older uses only a few times a year to drive a polluting car and suddenly you can’t even sell it because it’s too expensive , this tax has to be reviewed ”, said S. Gentvilas.

“When it comes to tax policy, we will be in favor of tax cuts, except we have to start talking about pollution taxes that can be avoided by doing the right thing, living sustainably and we have to encourage people to adopt greener lives, “he said.

The last two terms were won by the Conservatives, who had been in opposition for the last two terms and will lead the ruling coalition with two liberal parties: the Liberal Movement and the Freedom Party.