Coalition agreement: ++ Esken wants to tax higher income in the future despite rejection in the Union ++ Liveticker
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The SPD leader Saskia Esken, despite the Union's negative attitude, adheres to the goal of taxing large incomes higher. On Thursday at Deutschlandfunk, she referred to the common intention of the Union and SPD to reduce the tax burden on low- and medium-income earners. However, this also had to be financed, she said. "If an income tax reform is to be income neutral in itself, then more must also be brought about in terms of high incomes," argued…
Saskia Esken continues to adhere to the SPD plans to tax higher incomes. Through the tax relief planned so far, citizens and companies could save billions, say economists. All developments in the live ticker.
The First Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, Thorsten Frei (CDU), has ruled out tax increases for high incomes, contradicting SPD leader Saskia Esken. Esken had stated in an interview that an income tax reform could only be revenue-neutral if "more is collected from high incomes." Frei told the TV station "Welt" that this could only be Esken's "personal objective," not a political agreement. "I understood her to say that…
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