Stocker on Package Tax: Open "for Alternative Financing Proposals"
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The SPÖ sees no room for manoeuvre. Neos and ÖVP expressed concerns before, but agreed to the new tax in the summer.
With the Parcel Tax Act, the Federal Government introduced an independent tax on the delivery of parcels on 1 October. However, in the meantime, the votes increase in order to abolish the tax. The tripartite coalition is facing a break-up test. In the debate, Chancellor Christian Stocker has now also intervened for the first time.
2,40 Euro empty baskets. The new national parcel tax has a direct impact on the quantities, explains the Austrian Post. It still expects a package record this year.
WIEN. Shipping companies with more than 100 million euros in sales in Austria must pay the tax in Hhe of two euros per package or order since the beginning of October. Including VAT it is 2.40 euros.
In view of the open dispute within the loser coalition over the package tax which came into force only on October 1st, FPÖ Secretary General Michael Schnedlitz strongly criticized the government's behaviour. "ÖVP and NEOS obviously suffer from severe amnesia. The package tax did not fall from the sky, but was decided jointly by ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS. If two of the three perpetrators stand up only seven days after the entry into force and pretend tha…
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