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“Obviously, it was more of an electoral trick than a real plan, because the budget drawn up by the peasants themselves does not include the expenses of the pension 13 and there is no money for it,” G.Skaistė told LRT radio on Tuesday.
According to her, to reduce poverty, pensions must be increased consistently and monthly, and it is planned to focus support more on target groups, such as increasing pensions for single pensioners, who are now only widows, as well as benefits for single parents.
“It would be the first job to grant pensions to those who are single but have never married or are now divorced because their poverty rate is 65 percent. according to Lithuania Statistics, and this is the group that needs additional support. (…) Another group is also single parents who live with children and find it quite difficult to support them. It all depends on who you live with and how many people earn in the family, ”said G.Skaistė.
The amendments to the Law on the 13th Pension were initiated by the Polish electoral campaign faction in Lithuania, the Union of Christian Families, which did not exceed 5% in the multi-member electoral district. borders and did not enter the Seimas.
It is estimated that pension number 13 will need around 120-180 million next year. EUR, would receive around 600 thousand. people.
All tax benefits will be reviewed
The new government will review all tax breaks, including diesel from farmers or hotels that will be recovered in the future, Skate says. According to her, the budget does not receive at least 2 billion due to the benefits. annual income.
“The plan is to review all the benefits and assess how appropriate they are today. Some were introduced at a time when we wanted to encourage one or another company to expand, let’s say now hotel incentives have been introduced because they are in a difficult situation, but maybe in five years the situation will change and maybe we should review if they are still relevant for that day. ” G.Skaistė told LRT radio.
According to her, it is also planned to reduce the benefits of fossil fuels, so that farmers should no longer have benefits for diesel at the end of the government term.
“As is the case throughout the European Union, there are plans to phase out fossil fuel preferences, and we will probably gradually move towards phasing out preferences by supporting green consumption and green agriculture,” said the future minister.
Furthermore, according to the designated finance minister, the goal will be to make the tax system “fairer and more uniform” for farmers and other businesses.
“On income taxation, we will create a working group in the next few years to try to make the tax system more fair and uniform, not only for farmers, but for all forms of business, so that one person can pay tribute equally in the same activity, which is not the case today. ” – said G.Skaistė.
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