Hand full of changes? From AIMI at the price of plastic bags

DAfter three consecutive days of voting in the specialty of the state budget proposal for next year (OE2019), the main changes are already known. Wednesday third and last day of voting, have been proposed related to tax, civil protection rate and even plastic bags. One thing is certain: the OE2019 leaves the Parliament different from the one in which it had entered.

O New selected five proposals which were put to the vote at the Assembly of the Republic, three of which received the "green light" and will have an impact on Portuguese life next year.

New rank in AIMI. The empire rate

Let's start with real estate. The rate of In addition to the municipal property tax (AIMI) next year. Parliament approved a further 1.5% for real estate assets of more than two million euros. When the taxable amount is between one and two million euros, the marginal rate of 1% is applied. It was reported that this proposal had been approved by the adverse votes of the PSD and the CDS-PP and by the favorable votes of the remaining seats in Parliament.

As for the IMI, all the same. The PCP and BE proposals to reduce the maximum tax rate from 0.45% to 0.4% for urban buildings were rejected, with the PS and DSP voting against.

Fuel tax does not "stir"

The proposal came from the right and was aimed at elimination of the surcharge applied to the tax on petroleum products (ISP), created in 2016, at a time when fuel prices were down.

However, everything stays the same. BE, PCP and PEV, alongside the PS, led the proposal. severe criticism by the Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats. The Secretary of State for Tax Affairs, António Mendonça Mendes, justified the need for the country to follow a path of "fiscal stability".

Guided civil protection fee

The measure was included in the OE2019 proposal, but did not pass the parliamentary test. BE, PSD and CDS-PP initiatives have been approved for delete this proposal of the governmentwho creation of a municipal civil protection contribution, supported by companies with activities considered to be at risk and owners of urban and rural buildings.

Extension of the limit of indebtedness

Another of the measures adopted is the increase in overall net direct debt up to a maximum of 10 billion euros in 2019, a value of 200 million less than that fixed for this year. The standard, it was stressed, "adopted" with the favorable votes of the PS, BE and PCP and the votes against the PSD and the CDS.

Every year, the finance bill includes a article on state financing and public debt management. Last year, the government was able to borrow up to 10.2 billion euros.

What about plastic bags?

The price of plastic bags will not get up next yearwhich means that they will continue to cost the current eight hundred (excluding VAT). The proposal was part of the OE2019 and provided for a price update of 12 cents, but was hit by the PSD, PCP and CDS. In practice, this would increase the price of plastic bags by 10 to 15 cents, including VAT.

The budget is voted today. Costa dates debate

Prime Minister António Costa closed the debate on the budget Thursday after four days of voting in the specialty. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10 am in the Assembly of the Republic, where the final overall vote.

This put an end to three days of voting in the specialty of the plan of the Minister of Finance, Mário Centeno, until 2019. On Monday, remember, two measures were approved that had an impact on retirees. The second day, Tuesday, has already been approved the controversial decline in VAT on bullfights and other measures related to the IRS and the civil service.