The leader of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, has stated that with the DP coming to power after May 11, no one will impose taxes on businesses of more than 1% of turnover.
Berisha made the comments during a meeting with business representatives in the industrial market in Tirana, A2 CNN writes.
Berisha also said that the DP will do everything to give more breathing space to small businesses, as according to him, small businesses are 'key' to employing people.
Excerpt from Berisha's speech:
We will do everything to breathe more freely because for us, small businesses are fundamental to employing people.
We believe that by saving them from the absurd fiscal burden, they will have more money left over, they will be able to expand their businesses better, employ others, and their families will enjoy better well-being.
We will reduce the price of energy by three times. The price of water by two times.
We will increase the tax-free ceiling from 140 thousand to 180 thousand euros.
So, we have an emergency framework.
We will forgive all the fines on you. Those who have imposed fines on you will flee into the past because you have heroically stood up to this regime that has thought of how to burden small businesses with taxes in the interest of the oligarchs.
Therefore this ends.
Any fines imposed on small businesses will be amnestied.
Any fines imposed on citizens will be amnestied.
... We will make it run better because we will reduce the fiscal burden.
We will set a limit for the municipality, so that it does not dare to impose taxes of more than 1 percent of turnover, now they go up to 8 percent of turnover and they turn that money into patronage and grapes and plums.
Be assured that I keep my word...
We will try to make your business run better, because this is in your interest, but also in society's.
Because it expands the business, hires someone more.
What the state absurdly receives with 18 lek per kilowatt of energy, it will drop to 6 lek per kilowatt.
We will halve the water.
What is public space will go down from 1,500 lek per square meter today, to 120 lek, which is what it used to be.
The tax-free ceiling is 140 thousand euros, it will go to 180 thousand euros. I say that with this we give it some breathing space...
It is my pleasure to be here to inform you about our program because we believe that the economic program of every political force is of interest to every citizen.
For us, small business has a huge advantage because it employs more people than any other business. And employment means a salary, it means a better life.
For small businesses, we will reduce energy from 18 to 6 lek.
We will increase the tax ceiling from 140 thousand to 180 thousand euros tax-free.
Public space will be given to them at a much lower price.
We will forgive all the fines imposed on you.
Any fines will be waived on small businesses.
Meanwhile, the living wage for every Albanian, for every pensioner with any pension. There will be no pension below 200 euros. There will be no one with economic assistance below 200 euros.
We will do everything for the list of medicines. I was just reading, before I came here, an official analysis by INSTAT. It showed that from 2019 to 2023, out-of-pocket healthcare expenses of Albanian citizens have increased by 41 percent.
How have they grown? All the equipment that is purchased with your money is left idle so that citizens can go to private companies.
Today, tests are not performed in every hospital during the last 10 days of the month because the profit they make ends meet and family members are forced to have tests done privately.
Albanians now pay 820 million euros per year out of pocket for their healthcare. End it!
This is coming to an end and we are determined to change this situation in the first 100 days.
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