The general secretary of the PS, José Luís Carneiro, took aim at Montenegro: from the acquisition of ambulances, which already came from the previous government, to taxes. And, regarding the tax burden, he highlighted a contradiction by the prime minister. SIC Verifies.
“The government came to say, through the words of the Prime Minister and also through the words of the parliamentary leader, – who didn’t say it three times, he actually said it six times -, ‘never, never, never, never, never, never’ increase taxes”, began by stating the PS secretary general in this Wednesday’s fortnightly debate.
The speech aimed to increase in taxesremembering the same criteria that the PSD used when it was opposition and the PS was governmentpointed to an increase in “6.8%” of taxes until November 2025.
“I have here the two ordinances that increased taxes on fuel and that increased taxes on housing. (…) You have the opportunity to reconcile with the truth in this Assembly. Mr. Prime Minister, until when do you intend to continue increasing the tax burden? If we meet the very same criteria (…) that your excellencies used to criticize the PS governments of increasing taxes, then we will come to the conclusion that, by November 2025, the government increased the tax burden by 6.8%“, shot the socialist.
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But José Luís Carneiro not just talking about the State subsector. The socialist included in these accounts the effects of other taxes, such as, for example, the Tax on Petroleum and Energy Products (ISP), using “the very same criteria” that the opposition used when the PS was government, as the PS source explains to SIC.
Thus, compared to 2024, the growth in tax revenue from all Public Administrations – which does not only cover the State, but also autonomous services and funds, Social Security and regional and local administrations – was 6.8%, as Carneiro stated, reflecting the” implementation of VAT (9.1%) and IRS (8.6%), but also the IMT (25.7%) and ISP (10%)” and “mitigated by the drop in IRC (-3.8%)”.
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José Luís Carneiro indicated that he was using the “very same criteria” that the PSD used to “criticize the PS governments for increasing taxes”. Thus, increases for all Public Administrations are at stake, which, as Carneiro said, stood at 6.8%.
