In a press conference at the Assembly of the Republic, André
Ventura said that Chega proposes, within the scope of the discussion of the
proposed State Budget for 2023, that the support of €125, which will be
allocated this month, be exempt from taxation.
Following a request for clarification from a journalist,
since the Ministry of Finance had already announced that the support would not
be taxed, Ventura replied: “As we propose that these 125 euros are not confined
to one month, but extended to the next year, what we propose is that, if the
Government accepts - we still don't know if it will or not, there have been
mixed signals - keep the non-taxation of this value."
The president of Chega added that the party will present as
a proposal to amend the State Budget for 2023 (OE2023), which will only be
known on Monday, so that holiday and Christmas subsidies are exempt from
taxation, as well as an update of the levels of the IRS.
Chega will also present a proposal to reduce the amount
payable at tolls, especially in the Algarve, and another for VAT exemption for
essential goods, in order to mitigate the effects of inflation.