The new government promises to change the car tax next year: it could be paid annually

“I think we will definitely come back to this issue, because the whole European Union is getting closer and we probably won’t avoid those trends,” G. Skaistė said on the “Delfi diena” program.

According to her, no changes are foreseen in the near future, but the design of this tax may be revised next year.

According to G. Skaistė, the current tax does not take into account how much a person pollutes.

“It has little to do with pollution, it has flaws, and it doesn’t encourage a different car,” he said.

Environment Minister Simon Gentville agrees that the tax needs to be changed.

“Pollution has to come at a cost and we have no other way: the car tax must be changed to work for pollution, not for a change of ownership,” he said.

The politician believes that the tax could be similar to that paid for private land.

“I imagine it should be more or less a subscriber, or since we have private land, we pay private land when the Tax Inspection sends a statement throughout the year. In the same way, the Tax Inspectorate could administer the automobile tax, and after taking the data from the automobile registry, it could calculate that standard, ”S. Gentvilas considered.

He stressed the need to think about a balanced tax so that it does not harm a person’s ability to go to work, health facilities.

“The very principle is that everyone has to pay for pollution. But there are groups in society that <…> is far from jobs, lower income, etc. ”Said the Minister of the Environment.

According to him, we must think of alternatives to cheaper transport, increase the availability of alternatives.

“If this option is available in cities, it is not in all regions,” the politician told Delfi Day.

According to Finance Minister G. Skaistė, more taxes may be reviewed in the future.

“We plan to establish a working group under the Ministry of Finance with experts, representatives of the Presidency at the beginning of next year to discuss possible changes in the tax system to make it more fair,” he said.

At present, according to G. Skaistė, three possible changes are already being discussed.

“We have had discussions both with the Presidency and with experts when there is a diversity of types of business and the taxes do not depend on what you do or the income you earn, but on the form of business you have chosen. The so-called” livestock operation “Still, we should definitely get back to that topic.

We were also determined to discuss the possibility that a personal income tax (PIT) is not paid by an individual but by a household, so that this tax can be used as a tool in social policy.

And the third thing we are talking about is a review of tax benefits, most of them must have a validity period, not be endless, because the benefits distort the entire tax system, “said the Minister of Finance in the Delfi program. Day.