The First Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calvinohas advocated this Wednesday for restricting the bonus of 20 cents/liter to fuels “al ambito profesional or certain collectives”.
In an interview on TVE, Calviño has indicated that “the most desirable thing” would be to restrict this aid that has “a positive impact about inflation“ but also a “very important” tax cost and that “does not discriminate between people with higher and lower income.”
Calviño, who recalled that they are still evaluating how to extend the measures in force until December to alleviate the impact of the war in Ukraine, stressed that the objective should be to focus on the most vulnerable families or self-employed workers “but not on those who They don’t need it.”
Along the same lines, he explained that the extension of the VAT reduction for electricity and gas and if it will be done for “the whole year or only a part of the year”.
“These are measures that benefit the entire population but have a fiscal impact,” stressed Calviño, who He stressed that the “flexibility” of the Government to adapt the measures to the situation has been key for them to work “successfully”.