Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Income tax increase for high earns in Spain approved





The Spanish government has decided to increase the income tax for the highest earning workers.

For earnings above 120.000 euros annually, the new tax percentage will be 44 %, up one percentage point. For incomes higher that 175.000, the new tax is going to be 45 %, raised by two percentage points.

The government also approved a raise in the minimum pensions by 1 % in 2011. Other pensions remains freezed in order to save money, as economy ministry Elena Salgado explained these past days.

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