Reduced VAT rate: CSU wants to reward regionalism


Reduced VAT rate
CSU wants to reward regionality

Almost two months before the general election, the CSU wants to decide on the election manifesto. The 20-page paper is primarily about many tax cuts. In addition to the permanent reduction in VAT for the catering trade, regionally produced foods in particular are to be favored.

The CSU calls for a permanent reduction in value added tax for regional foods: In the future, a “separate, reduced value added tax rate” is to apply to regionally produced products. This is a demand from the CSU Bundestag election program, which is to be discussed and decided on tomorrow Friday at a retreat of the party executive at Tegernsee. According to reports, the exact amount is not mentioned in the program. A reduced VAT rate of seven percent currently applies to most groceries.

In addition, the CSU is calling for a permanent reduction in VAT for the catering industry in its election program. Even after the Corona crisis, food should remain there at a reduced VAT rate of seven instead of the regular 19 percent. The CSU program is intended to complement the joint election program of the CDU and CSU.

“Good for Bavaria. Good for Germany.”

The roughly 20-page paper does not have the title “Bayernplan”, as it did before some previous elections, but should simply have “The CSU program” and the subtitle “Good for Bavaria. Good for Germany.” overwritten. This should also include the already known demands for tax relief: after a complete abolition of the solos, after a reduction in corporate taxes, after relieving families and single parents, for example through a new “child splitting”, which supplements the existing spouse splitting in the tax target.

“Our CSU program follows the basic conviction: What is good for Bavaria is also good for Germany,” says Secretary General Markus Blume. “The CSU program is the promise that we will turn Bavarian interests into federal political convictions.” The CSU stands for tax relief, pension fairness and the union of economy and ecology. “Only with a strong CSU can there be a strong union result,” said Blume with a view to the federal election at the end of September. “If you want stability, you shouldn’t dare to experiment.”

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