According to Fico, the transaction tax is irremovable, without it a consolidation is not possible
The government will present a new consolidation package.
The government will present a new consolidation package next week. Author: TASR
BRATISLAVA. Transaction tax It is irremovable because it brings such a volume of money without which consolidation is not possible.
The Prime Minister said this at the Sunday press conference Robert Fico (Direction).
The Prime Minister thus specifies his previous statements that it will need to be made in it and stresses that it did not mean the complete abolition of this tax. « The transaction tax brings such a volume of money without which we cannot imagine consolidating public finances, » Fico said.
« I am talking about repairing the technical problems that are related to the transaction tax, » he added.
Fico talks about the repair of transaction tax and expressly prompt approval of the new budget Read
He again attacked the opposition and claimed that the current consolidation measures are proven to be proven because the international agency Standard & Poor’s confirmed Slovakia on Friday rating at A+level. At the same time, the agency worsened the view from stable to the negative.
Minister of Finance Ladislav Kamenický He indicated that he did not consider it a problem. « But we have two degrees higher rating than in the other two rating agencies, » Kamenický added.
The Prime Minister also announced that the government will present a new consolidation package next week, which should help heal our public finances next year.
As Prime Minister Fico said, continuing consolidation will hurt, but is needed.
« We will continue this year, because we must have healthy public finances, even if it will hurt. On April 30, the Ministry of Finance will announce the volume of consolidation, which will concern 2026.
President of Parliament Richard Raši In the TV JOJ Politics 24 discussion session, he said that everything is canceled on the transactional tax margo. However, the voice does not want to create a coalition crisis. « We must be open to the transaction tax, » Raši said.
