Fuel tax supported by Estonia Green Party

  • 2009-06-03
  • TBT Staff
TALLINN-Marek Strandberg, the head of the Estonian Greens party, announced that the parting is not ready to support an increase in VAT (value added tax) or a rise in income tax, but would instead support an increase in fuel excise taxes.


Of the meeting with Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, Strandberg in their discussions said that supporting enterprises as well as the taxation policy was a viable plan, according to LETA.  

 "At the moment, we are not prepared to support an increase in the value added tax or in the income tax, as a surge in the value added tax would inevitably paralyse the welfare of low-income households," said Strandberg.

Strandberg said that the Greens party explained to the Prime Minister their stance on the increase of fuels taxes.

"Be those either mining fees on oil shale or mining fees of mineral resources as they could be raised by several times and this increase would not affect poorer households but would distribute this burden much more evenly in the society," said Strandberg.