Coping with the Corona crisis costs a lot of money - Vice Chancellor Scholz also wants to take it from the wealthy.
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Berlin - How should the costs * of the corona crisis * be raised? Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) now insists on higher taxes for the particularly wealthy . Citizens who "earn a lot, a lot, should make a slightly higher contribution," Scholz told Tagesspiegel on Sunday: "That will remain our goal and it will certainly be included in our next election program."
SPD leader Saskia Esken and left-wing faction leader Dietmar Bartsch had already proposed a one-off property tax * a few weeks ago.
Costs of the corona crisis: Scholz (SPD) is reminiscent of the wealth tax concept
The Vice Chancellor referred to the 2017 election program , in which the SPD had demanded a top tax rate of 45 percent and the introduction of a wealth tax . This tax of three percent on the top tax rate should be paid from a taxable income for single people of 250,000 euros.
When asked whether this should be a kind of "corona solos" , Scholz said: "It is about a fair and fair tax system". This also includes "that we prevent people from finding ways to avoid taxation completely".
Tax cuts in the Corona crisis? Vice Chancellor Scholz at Reichen against it
Therefore, Scholz continued to strive for something like a global minimum taxation to be agreed at the international level. He thinks ideas are absurd, "especially those who earn several hundred thousand euros a year now promise to cut taxes," said Scholz.
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has since pledged support for cultural workers in the face of the corona pandemic. In the current episode of her regular video podcast, Merkel referred to aid programs to cover expenses for studios and rents and to compensate for lost fees.
Concert cancellations due to Corona crisis: Exception in budget law planned
Minister of Culture Monika Grütters (CDU) has announced a large aid program for the culture scene. "Negotiations with the Federal Minister of Finance and Parliament are in full swing," wrote Grütters in a guest post for the world on Sunday .
The federal government had already made it possible to pay cancellation fees to artists whose performances in Germany had been agreed until March 15, but had to be canceled due to the contact restrictions. "An exception to this was created in German budget law, which normally does not allow payment for services that have not been performed," wrote Grütters.
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