Esperanza Aguirre tells Rajoy to reduce income tax
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 @ 10:47 AM
PRESIDENT of the Madrid region Esperanza Aguirre (PP) has called for Spain's leader Mariano Rajoy to put income tax down again.
She says now that Europe has relaxed its demands for Spain to pay back its State deficit, now is the time for the PP government to 'leave IRPF as they found it' when they came into power.
In September 2012, income tax for the self-employed went up from 15 per cent to 21 per cent, and retentions for those on job contracts earning salaries, or for any other type of earnings – which are calculated according to the person's individual situation – also increased considerably.
This has seen a huge impact on consumer spending, combined with the IVA hike which saw value-added tax at 'ordinary' rate go up in the same month from 18 to 21 per cent.
Aguirre (pictured) also added that the government should have 'explained its intentions from the word go' in order to avoid 'disheartening the population' when he announced the latest series of reforms on April 26.
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