Franquis does not understand the “rush” of the Government and censures that it will only benefit about 6,700 people, 0.3% of the population
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, September 26 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Plenary Session of the Parliament of the Canary Islands, with the votes against PSOE and NC-BC, has validated this Tuesday the decree-law on the inheritance and donation tax bonus and at the same time, ruled out its processing as a bill.
The Minister of the Treasury, Matilde Asián, has defended the “extraordinary and urgent” need to validate the decree due to the “inflationary process” that Spain is experiencing — “it is notorious” — and thus improve the fiscal pressure that falls on families.
Along these lines, he has said that it is a “fair and progressive system” so that all people contribute according to their economic capacity.
Under this decree-law, the Canary Islands subsidize 99.9% of the tax and return it to the tax situation that existed in 2019.
Raúl Acosta, from the Mixed Group (AHI), has commented that the decree-law is in line with the Government’s line of “relieving” the tax pressure of families and the self-employed and in the Canary Islands there are many problems in facing the burden of inheritances, especially of the properties, which have also previously been taxed in different ways.
Melodie Mendoza (ASG) has pointed out that this measure was already in force and “reinforces the rights of all Canarians” and helps families at a time of strong inflation, stressing that it is “unfair” that a loan has to be requested to be able to enjoy family heritage.
Nicasio Galván, spokesperson for Vox, has commented that this tax is “unfair and confiscatory” because it “punishes” the effort that a person leaves behind for their family and represents “the clearest example of the confiscatory voracity” of the administration.
VOX: A “DISCRIMINATORY” TAX
He has said that the tax is “discriminatory” and is against private priority and progress, and he does not understand that it is necessary to “punish” a person who has worked all his life to bequeath an estate. “We have to stop putting our hands in families’ pockets,” she said.
However, he has criticized the approval of the bonus through decree laws and has requested that it be processed as a bill so that parliamentary groups can participate in its preparation.
Esther González (NC-BC) has indicated that the bonus only benefits 0.3% of the population – they receive inheritances of more than 1.2 million – given that the tax was already subsidized in the previous legislature with inheritances of up to 340,000 euros.
For this reason, he has indicated that the decree-law addresses the “particular interest of some privileged people” and “violates” the principle of fiscal progressivity, and will cost the Canaries about 80 million euros annually.
He has questioned the Government’s “rush” to subsidize the tax when it is not going to lower inflation or improve the economy and has linked it to “diverting attention” from the failure to comply with the Government’s agreement not to lower the IGIC.
Fernando Enseñat (PP) has pointed out that the Government “keeps its word” by eliminating in practice “an unfair tax” that has forced many families to renounce inheritances, about 2,000 in 2022, “and not only because of debts.” “.
He has criticized the previous Executive’s “eagerness to collect” and in the midst of the economic crisis associated with the pandemic and has denied that this tax “is only paid by the rich” because after the recovery of the tax, collections skyrocketed, with 131% more in 2022.
BARRAGÁN: “THE COMMUNITY HAS NOT COME DOWN”
The spokesperson for the Nationalist Group, José Miguel Barragán, has indicated that in 2022, the Government’s tax benefits were 1,984 million and the community “has not collapsed” nor have public services been closed.
By 2023, even, there are more than 2,300 million and the inheritance and gift tax represents just over 280 million, which is why he has called it “false” that basic services are at stake. “The essential policies will continue to be made,” she highlighted.
Sebastián Franquis, spokesperson for the Socialist Group, does not understand the “urgency” of the decree-law because it affects 0.3% of the population, about 6,700 people, and he wonders if these families “don’t make it to the end of the month.” “I don’t know what the rush is, it must be an electoral commitment,” he added.
He has reproached Asián for not providing economic data to justify the bonus, putting on the table that this measure does not help lower inflation, as has not happened in Andalusia or Madrid, for example.
Franquis has guaranteed that the reduction in collection will affect public services, has indicated that inheritance renunciations have increased due to the increase in mortality derived from covid-19 and has questioned the Government for putting the bonus before the approval of the next year’s budget guidelines.
