Budget draft: Gastro tax: Lindner blames traffic light partner

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Budget draft
Gastro tax: Lindner blames traffic light partner

Eating out could become significantly more expensive next year. photo

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A reduction in VAT has limited price increases in the catering industry in recent years. This will end in the new year. The finance minister sees the blame for this on his traffic light partners.

Federal Minister of Finance Christian Lindner has blamed the coalition partners of the SPD and the Greens for the return to the normal VAT rate in the catering industry. “If all parties had pulled together, another extension would have been possible. But the SPD and the Greens had other priorities. I understand that many regret it. But you have to accept the return to normality,” said the FDP politician. World on Sunday”.

The reduced gastro VAT was a crisis aid that would have been canceled this year due to the decisions of the grand coalition. He was able to prevent that for 2023, said Lindner.

Opposition came from the Greens in the Bundestag. We are negotiating a budget together, said deputy group leader Andreas Audretsch. “In a difficult budgetary situation, there were many questions and suggestions on the table. We make decisions together at the traffic lights. It is not good form if the finance minister no longer wants to have anything to do with the decisions.”

The VAT on food in the catering industry was reduced from 19 to 7 percent during the pandemic in order to support the industry. Due to the energy crisis, the regulation was extended until the end of this year.

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