The Coalition Party challenged the government on the purchasing power of Finns. According to the Minister of Finance, the Coalition Party exaggerated the tax cuts made by the government on several occasions.
Government and between the Coalition, a fierce war of words broke out over taxation at Question Time on Thursday. Coalition Party Elina Valtonen said the government has chosen to “tighten the line across taxation” and is also preparing a new provincial tax. He asked the Minister of Finance From Annika Saariko (center), how can this both oppose and prepare a provincial tax at the same time.
“Are you as honest as you can with the regional election voter now?”
Saarikko said emphatically at the beginning of his answer that the ministry is answered honestly.
“But I hope that the place will also be answered in a way that honestly describes government policy. We have not blackmailed, for example, income tax. That is not the case, ”Saarikko said.
According to him, on the contrary, the government will reduce income taxation in connection with the SOTE reform. To the actual question from Valtonen, the Minister of Finance answered that it is not very easy to oppose and prepare the provincial tax at the same time, but he nevertheless defended the investigation of the matter.
The government has made tax cuts worth hundreds of millions of euros, but the cuts have hit indirect taxes instead of earned income and entrepreneurship. Apparently, Saarikko referred to this when he said that the government has not tightened taxation throughout.
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“You won’t run away.”
Sdp: n Antti Lindtman gave the fire aid to Saarikko, saying that according to the Ministry of Finance, Finland ‘s total tax rate will fall by more than one percentage point next year and will be lower than in ten years. Instead of tax cuts, this is explained by the fact that the benchmark for tax collection, ie GDP, is growing.
Coalition Party Antti Häkkänen pointed out that in the long run, spending increases decided by the government will lead to higher fees and taxes.
“It’s a fact, you won’t run away.”
Häkkänen said that the SOTE reform would not reduce taxation but, on the contrary, would increase the pressure to raise taxes due to rising spending. In its proposal, the government itself has estimated that savings may not begin to generate savings until sometime in the 2030s.
Timo Heinonen sued the government, the government sued back.
Coalition Party Timo Heinonen again criticized the tightening of fuel taxation that had already taken place.
“After all, the fuel tax has tightened significantly. The tank that used to cost 60 euros now costs one hundred euros, ”said Heinonen.
The archipelago was amazed at the speech.
“Is there a very special tax on Lopella when you have made the price of gasoline rise from sixty to one hundred? Namely, this has not happened anywhere else in Finland. ”
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“Does Lopella have any very special taxation?”
Heinonen replied that last year the government made the largest increase in the petrol and diesel tax in the entire 2000s. According to Heinonen, its effects are now reflected in fuel prices, “although the world market price is an essential factor in it”.
Also Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka (sd) grabbed Heinonen’s speech.
“This hall should be kept to the facts. You argued here that a one-off tax increase by the government would have nearly doubled the price of a gas tank. The effect was ten cents per liter, ”Harakka said.
Minister of Finance Saarikko added in his speech that the effect was not even ten cents per liter.
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