Parishes Want New Specific Funds and a Reduction in VAT.

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"It doesn't make sense for the state to transfer public money to the locals and then the locals to return that money back in payment to the state," says Francisco Branco de Brito.

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Anafre says that the money transferred annually through the State Budget is not enough to cover expenses and denounces that many parishes pay more VAT than the money they receive.

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The National Association of Freguesias (Anafre) wants the friguesias also to benefit from reduced VAT because "many pay more value of VAT per year than the one they receive from financing", said the president, Francisco Branco de Brito.