The current money ensures that creativity grows in the federal states and communities in search of new sources of money. While the Carintic Governor Peter Kaiser was a corresponding mission in Brussels, the federal government, the states and municipalities in Vienna have known that they want the budget crisis together.
President President Presses of the Community Association argues for a debate on the own risks to determine how certain public services are used. For example, one has to think about outpatient costs or ambulance contributions if they are not an emergency. He also quoted the use of free Kindergarten on the Rand, although parents could easily get the children earlier, or registrations for free summer support, which is not used and where the staff has free service.
The Center for Administrative Research (KDZ) underlines the limited scope of the municipalities. Many municipalities would already make concrete contributions to consolidation by postponing investments and reducing administrative costs, said KDZ expert Karoline Mitterer. Saving further savings, such as an increase in reimbursements, reimbursements and contributions for childcare, would inevitably have an impact on the reach of services and have the quality of life in the communities and limits, according to Mitterer. Without structural reforms at a higher level, it will hardly be possible to consolidate households of the long -term communities in the long term.
Kaiser calls for new tax rules of the EU
The Governor Kaiser of Carinthia demands direct access to EU funds and new financial rules. The EU committee has plans to only pay EU financing to the Member States for further distribution. Emperor is based on this. “Centralization plans of the EU committee should not be at the expense of regional development,” he said during the Conference of the Regions Committee in Brussels.
In addition to a stronger integration of the regions, Kaiser also warned a redesign of European financial rules: “The Maastricht criteria come from a different time and must be adapted to today’s circumstances. Sustainable investments, for example in infrastructure, education and climate protection, should not be seen as a shortage.
Municipalities can reach money by increasing the property tax
Tax autonomy for countries and municipalities is always discussed. The trade union -related Momentum Institute has calculated that with a reform in the direction of raising the property tax to 2.7 billion euros, it could be brought annually. In 2024, tax revenues as a result of real estate tax B1 was 792 million euros. With a retrospective adjustment to inflation, 380 million extra can be left behind. The Fiscal Council suggests double the real estate tax. This would also last 792 million euros per year – a total of 1.6 billion euros per year.
Or: floor instead of real estate tax
The model in Baden-Württemberg offers another option. There is a land instead of a real estate tax. “The land tax means a maximum of four times as high tax revenues as the current real estate tax and at the same time reduces the efforts for the communities,” explains Barbara Schuster, economist to the momentum Institute. Due to this tax model, municipalities can also increase to the tax on land, depending on the rate, to 2.7 billion euros annually. The municipalities currently use the scope completely because of the rates of the real estate tax.
The mayor’s proposal to introduce a deductible for kindergartens also causes criticism of the greens. “The kindergarten is the first educational institution of our children and – comparable to the model of primary schools – must be free,” says Barbara Neßler, spokeswoman for the Greens for Children, Youth and Family.
Instead of discussing new costs for parents, a real expansion sturbo for childcare is finally required. “There are still enough childcare places, especially in rural areas, and families are still being abandoned. Moreover, it must be clear: every euro invested in early education will come back eight times later,” says Neßler. For their part, the Greens therefore ask for a financing of nursery schools according to the model of primary schools. “This not only illuminates the municipalities, but also creates more care places, better pedagogical quality and longer opening times,” De Greens emphasizes.
Source: Krone
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