Federal Council rejects popular initiative “Yes to fair taxes”
Published: Wednesday, Jun 26th 2024, 12:40
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The Federal Council rejects the popular initiative "Yes to fair federal taxes for married couples too" without a counter-proposal. The popular initiative contradicts the introduction of individual taxation as demanded by Parliament, the Federal Council announced on Wednesday.
The latter is currently pending in parliament as an indirect counter-proposal to the popular initiative "For individual taxation irrespective of marital status (tax justice initiative)" by the FDP women, it added. However, acceptance of the popular initiative launched by the center would rule out the introduction of individual taxation without a new constitutional amendment.
The popular initiative launched by the Center Party would abolish additional burdens for married couples ("marriage penalty"). However, unmarried couples would remain at a disadvantage ("marriage bonus"), according to the national government. Depending on the design of the model, the federal government would also incur "significant revenue shortfalls", it continued.
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