Sunday, December 1, 2013

'Time to make Greek landlords pay': finance minister, Yannis Stournaras

AFP - Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras vowed Sunday to press on with a controversial plan to raise property taxes on large estates, saying "the time has come to make the landlords pay".
In exchange for billions in bailout loans, Greece's coalition government has been imposing a series of draconian reforms, including spending cuts and higher tax levies.

Discussions with its creditors are to resume this week over a new batch of reforms due to be undertaken -- including the plan to raise property tax on estates worth more than 300,000 euros ($400,000).

The proposed levy has sparked a rebellion among coalition lawmakers, including members of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras's New Democracy party.

But in an interview with Sunday newspaper To Vima, Stournaras signalled his determination to push through the measure.

"The time has come to make the 'landlords' of Ekali pay," Stournaras told the newspaper, in reference to a chic Athens suburb.

  • The finance ministry hopes to obtain 2.6 billion euros from the tax measure, To Vima reported.
 http://www.france24.com/en/20131201-time-make-greek-landlords-pay-finance-minister
1/12/13

1 comment:

  1. Στουρνάρας: Ώρα να πληρώσει και η Εκάλη...

    Αποφασισμένος να περάσει το νόμο για τον Ενιαίο Φόρο Ακινήτων από τη Βουλή δηλώνει στο Βήμα της Κυριακής ο υπουργός Οικονομικών Γιάννης Στουρνάρας.

    Ο υπουργός Οικονομικών αποδίδει τις αντιδράσεις σε συμφέροντα που εκπροσωπούνται από ακραίες φωνές φιλελευθερισμού και διαμηνύει πως «ήρθε η ώρα να πληρώσει και η Εκάλη».

    Τονίζει, επίσης, ότι περιμένει την υποστήριξη στη Βουλή όλων των βουλευτών της ΝΔ, του ΠΑΣΟΚ, αλλά και της Αριστεράς που τάσσονται υπέρ της δικαιότερης φορολόγησης των πλουσίων, ενώ εξαγγέλλει ότι στο νομοσχέδιο θα υπάρχουν και ρυθμίσεις για την αντιμετώπισης της φοροδιαφυγής.
    mme.gr
    1/12/13

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