The PAN welcomed this Monday the opening of the Government to a reduction of the IRC for all companies and hopes that “it comes to fruition” and that it benefits those who have greater environmental responsibility.
In a note sent to the Lusa agency, the party led by Inês Sousa Real points out that “The reduction of the IRC was one of the first measures that the PAN defended and that is included in the electoral program”.
For this reason, the PAN sees “with good eyes the openness expressed by the Government for a reduction of the IRC for all companies” and hopes that “it materializes as soon as possible”.
The party also advocates that this decrease “is added to an increase” for companies that “carry out their activity guided by environmental responsibility.”
On Sunday, the Minister of Economy, António Costa Silva, said that, “in the face of the crisis” that the country is going through, a “transversal reduction” in the Corporate Income Tax (IRC) would be “extremely beneficial”. and an “extremely important signal for the entire industry” in Portugal.
I hope that in the negotiation of the income and competitiveness agreement and, later, in the General State Budgets, we can have that objective of reducing the IRC”, said the minister.
Although in the Government program what is expected is a selective reduction of the IRC, aimed at companies that reinvest part of their profits in economic activity, invest in technological innovation or hire qualified young people, Costa Silva guarantees that he always had “very clear that the country, somewhere, had to do this transversal reduction of the IRC”.
“I have not changed my mind,” he assured, explaining that what happened was that “after the discussion, and within the scope of the government program,” what was registered was “the figure of selective reduction.”
“But I think we are on the way to a transversal reduction, which is going to be a very important signal for the entire industry,” he emphasized, adding: “I think that if we have the companies associated with this, [e] unions, in the field of social consultation, we can have the capacity for collective action to overcome all these crises“.
Currently, corporate tax is 21% on business profits up to 1.5 million euros. To this rate is added a state surcharge for the most profitable companies and a municipal surcharge.
Source: Observadora
