Parliament - Paying more in the restaurant: state finances benefit
The increase in VAT in the catering sector from 7 to 19 percent in January, which was decided by the traffic light coalition, could provide additional revenue for the Thuringian state coffers. Finance Minister Heike Taubert (SPD) said in the state parliament in Erfurt on Wednesday that around 35 million euros of the approximately 3.5 billion euros in additional revenue expected by the federal government would come to Thuringia. She regretted that the federal states had not taken a uniform approach to the issue of VAT in the catering sector.
In Thuringia, members of the government, including Interior Minister Georg Maier (SPD), had spoken out against the increase in VAT - including the state parliament. The opposition CDU parliamentary group put the issue back on the state parliament's agenda.
CDU parliamentary group leader Mario Voigt pointed out, among other things, that the tax increase would also make meals for children in schools and daycare centers more expensive. "The 7 percent must remain," he demanded. In addition, more restaurants would be brought to the brink of their existence. Voigt called the increase in VAT in the catering sector an "economic stimulus program for political disenchantment." The Left Party MP Knut Korschewsky accused Voigt of populism - Minister President Bodo Ramelow (Left Party) had acted and the state parliament had already voted against it weeks ago. "The federal government decided differently," said Korschewsky.
The managing director of the Thuringian Hotel and Restaurant Association, Dirk Ellinger, feared that around five percent of businesses would have to close. At the moment, there are just under 4,000 catering businesses in the state. "This will unfortunately lead to a further decline in pubs. And especially in rural areas," Ellinger recently explained.
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Source: www.stern.de
