Green wants the tax burden for residents of the BES islands ease. Businesses would pay more tax. The party is this an amendment during the consultation on the tax legislation for the islands.
According to Green, there is an imbalance in the current bill, which must be restored, said parliamentarian Ineke van Gent: "We all want that on the BES islands the strongest shoulders the heaviest burden." This requires an earned income tax, so that all workers start paying a lot less tax. This should increase their salaries to work.
Companies must make tax cuts possible. The plan of the Green property taxes increased from 0.8 percent to 1.2 percent, equal to the Dutch wealth tax. Monday, September 27, consultations on the bill, after the debate in the House and the vote held Wednesday, September 29.
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