Scrap the wealth tax, sharp cuts in income tax and car and fuel taxes, and removal of the VAT on water, sewage and waste disposal. It is among the points on the wish list in the Progress Party’s (Frp) program draft. – It is particularly important to reduce income tax, in order to motivate more people to go into work and get their own income, says Hans Andreas Limi, fiscal policy spokesperson in the party. PROFITABLE: – We have a lot of people on the outside today, and then we have to make sure that it is always financially profitable to be in work, to have your own income versus a benefit from the public sector, says Limi. Photo: William Jobling / news – More to mess with According to him, the FRP had delivered tax cuts of NOK 5,200 to people with incomes between NOK 600-800,000 this year, if they sat in power alone. – In addition, we would greatly reduce the fees. So an ordinary family would get around NOK 2,000 more a month to go with. Significantly more than what Vedum has delivered, which next year gives one krone per day, says Limi, who blamed the finance minister for tax bluffing, when he submitted proposals for the national budget. This is what the FRP will do with taxes and fees: reduce the level of taxes and fees enshrine in the constitution that no taxes shall be given retroactively have a new review of the tax and fee system prioritize reducing fees that hit the hardest on those who have the least to have a flatter and more transparent tax system with solid bottom deductions that fees should price the costs a service, product or business imposes on society remove VAT. on municipal taxes that finance technical infrastructure, such as water, sewage and waste disposal harmonize environmental and climate taxes so that equal environmental/climate burdens result in equal tax burdens across sectors fight against symbolic climate policies that impose higher taxes on most people and which harm those who have the least as hard as possible reduce taxes on goods exposed to cross-border trade in order to secure Norwegian jobs. the re-registration fee should only cover the cost of VAT. and traffic insurance tax for vehicles made technology neutral remove value added tax on imports of vintage cars Last year the state collected just over NOK 30 billion in wealth tax. FRP wants to scrap everything. – It is important that we have a tax level that ensures that Norwegian companies survive and stay in Norway. We are forced to take up the debate and create good development opportunities for Norwegian companies and Norwegian entrepreneurs. Far too many people are now moving out, says Limi. Cuts in aid and the climate The price tag for scrapping wealth tax and VAT on water, sewage and waste disposal alone is around NOK 37 billion. – They are talking about cuts of many tens of billions of kroner. Who will get all this money from? – We want to reduce Norwegian aid, we want to cut symbolic climate measures that have little or no effect on the climate. We want to remove the county council and close down the regional health undertakings. We simply have to organize ourselves in a much more efficient and cheaper way, says Limi. – Where are you going to go in the Storting to get a majority for this? – It will be exciting to watch after the election next year. There is probably a movement in some parties, because tax has become an important topic due to the large tax increases that the current government has implemented, says Limi. SMILE: There were big smiles that time when Jan Tore Sanner (H), Erna Solberg (H), Hans Andreas Limi (Frp), Sylvi Listhaug (Frp) and Kjell Ingolf Ropstad (KrF) gathered at Granavolden for government negotiations in January in 2019. Photo: Cornelius Poppe / NTB / POOL / NTB news has asked the three parties (Høgre, Venstre and KrF) that previously held a seat in government with the FRP: No one wants to remove the entire wealth tax, only the one on working capital. All are very skeptical of cuts in aid and cuts in climate measures Yann Valerievich Belov / news Tina Bru, 2nd deputy head of Høgre – When we last governed, we halved the wealth tax on working capital. Unfortunately, we were unable to remove it completely, partly because the FRP wanted to prioritize other reliefs. Now a united civil party is standing together to remove it. – It is difficult to know what kind of climate measures they want to cut, but we are busy pursuing a climate policy that cuts emissions, not development. William Jobling / news Sveinung Rotevatn, deputy leader of the Liberal Party – Reductions in income tax can certainly have something to do with it, but coming up with strong tax breaks on fossil fuel and fossil cars is completely out of the question. – Financing tax cuts with cuts in aid and support for the world’s poorest is both disloyal and unwise. Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB Kjell Ingolf Ropstad, parliamentary representative for KrF – These are familiar measures from the Frp. We share the fight to remove the harmful wealth tax on working capital (and ease the tax for those with the lowest incomes). – But it is not relevant for KrF to fail the world’s poorest, nor to cut taxes so much that it affects schools, kindergartens and care for the elderly. – What will they do with the salmon tax? – We think it should be changed, because the design is very unfortunate. We believe that the tax should be based on real income and expenses. – Why doesn’t the FRP go to the polls to scrap it? – We voted against it in the Storting. But now it has been introduced. Then we think it makes sense to listen to the industry, and make the adjustments that are necessary to make it work, says Limi. – The government has introduced an exit tax. What do they do with it? – They have changed the layout of it, so it remains to be seen how it will come out in the Storting. Basically, we are against it. Published 18.10.2024, at 07.59
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