PSD leader Sorin Grindeanu criticizes some provisions in the package of fiscal measures approved by the Government, for which the Executive has assumed responsibility before Parliament.
According to the President of the Chamber of Deputies, coalition partners did not take into account PSD’s amendments, such as applying CASS for pensions over 4,000 lei, not applying CASS for mothers in the post-natal period, for war veterans, and for former political prisoners.
"We did not have support for the amendments we made (we were the only ones), to apply CASS from 4,000 lei for pensions, not to apply CASS for mothers in the post-natal period, for all the other things we proposed. I don't think the deficit will be restored by applying CASS to war veterans or former political prisoners.
I am not talking about descendants. I am talking about political prisoners. I believe there are still a few dozen in this country. I think we could have shown a little respect for them and for war veterans. We did not find understanding. We were the only ones in the coalition to support these things, which do not have such a great impact, but had significant moral value. Unfortunately, we did not find understanding, and there are more examples," said Sorin Grindeanu on Tuesday.
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Asked why the tax on gambling winnings increased by only one percentage point, while the tax on dividends increased by six percentage points, scholarships were cut, and a 10% CASS was imposed on pensions, Grindeanu said that all these things "that are not well arranged need to be rearranged."
"This gambling thing seems a bit dubious to me. I am not able to conduct research, investigations, but this whole process seems dubious. You came up with a percentage, following information from a director at the National Office for Gambling, you reduced that percentage. By the way, I understand that that gentleman director, the information may be false, has been active in the industry until now, so he was a big advocate for the industry.
That's good from a certain perspective, that he knows the industry very well, but he is there not as a representative of the industry, he is there as a representative of the state, but getting back. Following that information, as the Prime Minister told us, this recalibration was done. There was a return, but I don't think we returned to the normal level it should be. I think in package 2, actually I am convinced, things need to be corrected. And these are not the only things that need to be corrected," emphasized Sorin Grindeanu.
What proposals does PSD have for the second package of measures
The President of the Chamber of Deputies stated that PSD wants the next package of fiscal measures to "necessarily" include, among other things, taxing amounts transferred out of the country by multinational companies.
"In this new package, PSD wants us to discuss cryptocurrencies and taxation, I want us to discuss taxing amounts transferred out of the country by multinational companies and to tax them. By the way, I would like the gentlemen who lead and have recently taken over the National Agency for Fiscal Administration to focus in the coming period on these companies that transfer significant amounts from Romania and see how they do it," stated Grindeanu.
He said he would like there to be a "drastic recalibration" in the next package regarding what indemnities mean in the Boards of Directors, the number of Board members.
"I would like us to talk about taxation for multinational companies, differently. Yes, these are things, some of them, that necessarily need to be in package 2. And PSD will come up with proposals. We came up with proposals now. Only one was approved, the one reducing party subsidies by 40%. It was the PSD amendment," added Sorin Grindeanu.