The Commission of Economy passed in principle a much-debated law that
pardons all fiscal fines given to businesses from March 1st to August
31st of the past year.
“Before the campaign, during and after it, businesses have complained for the fines given due to political impunity”, declared Brunilda Paskali, Deputy Minister of Finances.
“The figure of fines that can be pardoned mounts up to 3.3 billion. But we are pardoning even the 500 million ALL that have been paid”, declared the other Deputy Prime Minister, Ervin Mete.
But the opposition considered the law a demagogy that is also paradoxal.
“If fiscal inspection is an abuse, then even tax obligations might seem abusive, not only fines”, declared the former Minister, Ridvan Bode.
“These fines are for businesses that have not issued purchase bills. Where is the abuse here? There are fines for not paying taxes and for not having fiscal cases”, declared the Democratic Party Parliament Member, Edmond Spaho.
“All associations and businesses have raised a major concern, the arbitrary decisions of the fiscal administration during the pre-election period. What interests are you protecting?”, declared the Chairman of this Commission, Erjon Brace.
Ridvan Bode declared that if the government and the Parliament really want to make it easier for the businesses, then they need a wider law.
“The same problem continues even today with the electricity bills, with the failure to pay obligations and fines that citizens have received for not paying energy and water”, Bode declared.
“We will not pardon fiscal obligations to anyone. We will not pardon the failure to pay insurance, because everyone must pay them”, Brace declared.
Pardoning the fines given during the electoral period was an electoral promise made by the Socialist Party, with the argument that most of them were politically based and were being used as pressure by the previous government.
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