The removal of four welfare allowances cost of just 10 million. euro and the “scissors” 100 – 180 million in tax breaks (and the heating allowance) for the year 2018 is the first cost of the restructuring of the επιδοματικής policy to be completed by September 2017.
However, according to the minister of Social Solidarity, mr. Theano Fotiou was secured from the outperformer of revenue in the budget for the nationwide implementation of the Social Income Solidarity ( CRL), with funding from the budget (760 million in 2017) . The candidates beneficiaries of the CRL , which is estimated at 700.000 will be able to submit applications by 1/1/2017.
“We managed to delete the memorandum of obligation for saving 0,5% of the GDP of the benefits of Welfare, which was a pain in the ass for us,” said yesterday the mr Fotiou if. minister of Social Solidarity Theano Fotiou. The minister assured us that he wouldn’t cut benefits, but did not exclude the possibility to tighten the income criteria for the grant . As explained by the second assessment with regard to the Provision and funding of CRL is “locked” with the integration of only four welfare services, allowances, and “scissors” in tax by 2018. In particular, from 2017 are repealed allowances 8 ec. euro and the cost of them is incorporated to the CRL – because of overlap – while another two million are removed from the 2018:
– Allowance Of Poverty. Given by the Municipalities together with the allowance of natural disasters. Related 500-1300 beneficiaries with a budget of 2,8 million euro.
– Allowance of defenceless children. Concerned over 13,000 beneficiaries with a total budget for 2016 to 5,268 million. Embedded in the CRL gradually. The 3,952 million transferred in 2017 and the rest by 2018.
– Allowance for the address of the school leakage. Concerned of 5,000 beneficiaries for monitoring compulsory education with budget 1,750 million euros. For the recovery of the CRL monitoring of the school is mandatory.
– Allowance of UNEMPLOYMENT for new entrants to the labour market. Was of 5,500 beneficiaries, with a transferred budget of 2 million. euro (1,5 million. from 2017 and the other in 2018).
Combination of 2018 in the “piggy bank” of the CRL in and savings from tax exemptions for a total of eur 100 – 180 million euro. “Scissors” comes in:
– Tax exemptions to seafarers.
– A discount of 1.5% of the withholding tax on employees and pensioners.
– Heating allowance (the logic is the income criteria to be supplemented with criteria of isolation and climate, and the savings be directed to the CRL and housing policy).
-Tax deductions for medical expenses (80 ec. euro). Considered to be maintained only for payments with “electronic money”.
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