Sweden -Trade union leader not in favour of higher income taxes -October 07, 2014

Nov 6, 2014 - According to a trade union official of the confederation Saco the proposal of the incoming government to raise taxes for people earning more than 50,000 kronor (5,500 euro) a month could damage the country's global reputation.

According to a trade union official of the confederation Saco the proposal of the incoming government to raise taxes for people earning more than 50,000 kronor (5,500 euro) a month could damage the country's global reputation. He stated ‘if the coalition is serious about working across political bloc boundaries then it should put this proposal to one side and appoint a new parliamentary committee to reach a broad agreement on taxes’. With reference to higher education and the country's image as a competitive knowledge-based nation Saco sees a rise of already high tax rates on workers' income hardly conducive to create good incentives for knowledge building.

English: http://www.thelocal.se/20141007/should-taxes-be-raised-in-sweden

 

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