Germans to stop paying solidarity tax
The government in their 2018 coalition agreement laid down plans to help citizens on small and medium incomes
FRANKFURT:
Majority of German taxpayers will no longer have to pay a ‘solidarity tax’ introduced after the reunification of the country almost quarter of a century ago to support poorer eastern states, according to a draft law seen by Reuters. The government, comprising Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz’s centre-left Social Democrats, in their 2018 coalition agreement laid down plans to help citizens on small and medium incomes.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 11th, 2019.
Majority of German taxpayers will no longer have to pay a ‘solidarity tax’ introduced after the reunification of the country almost quarter of a century ago to support poorer eastern states, according to a draft law seen by Reuters. The government, comprising Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz’s centre-left Social Democrats, in their 2018 coalition agreement laid down plans to help citizens on small and medium incomes.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 11th, 2019.