The Lisbon City Council has already approved the aid package for families and companies that aims to complement the aid announced by the Government at the beginning of the month. The final package was approved at an extraordinary meeting this Thursday and Carlos Moedas estimates that it will have an impact “of more than 50 million euros”, but the mayor wants to go further and is already targeting the municipal budget for 2023.
“This was a very important day. We were able to decide together on a program to combat inflation which is important to the people of Lisbon. According to the accounts already made, it corresponds to more than 50 million euros, between loss of income and investment of the Lisbon City Council”, the mayor tells the Observer.
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Even so, measures such as the reduction of the IMT for young people up to 35 years of age, the implementation of a health plan for those over 65 years of age and the increase of 0.5% have not yet been approved in this aid package. on the IRS return. , with Carlos Moedas assuring that they will advance from next month, when the 2023 Budget is presented.
“These are measures that I have not yet put on the table, but that I will present. There are other measures outside the package in which we have to bet everything on the Budget”, says Carlos Moedas, highlighting that many of the measures approved at this Thursday’s meeting “are immediate”, such as “rents and taxes”.
The mayor points out that none of the “288 rates in the municipality” will increase next year. “We guarantee to the people of Lisbon that we will not increase any type of income in the City Council” (in municipalities, markets or fairs) and for those who “have lease contracts, but find it difficult to pay” the amount available will be “tripled” for people helped with income support, for those who have an effort of more than 30%”.
In the case of companies, Carlos Moedas highlighted the approval of the Executive’s proposal that provides support for “small and micro-enterprises that suffered a lot during Covid-19 and are still recovering”: “a direct aid of 12 million euros to be able to give a reinforcement through a check that can reach up to 10 thousand euros, for companies that are over-indebted or with operational problems, for example”.
Source: Observadora
