The president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, criticized the government on Tuesday for increasing VAT on basic food products and argued that “families need more support, not more taxes.” He also called it “inexplicable” that there was money for “superfluous matters” and not for “what is essential.”
In a message on the social network, poverty continues to “grow”. He gave as an example that Food “costs 34.7% more”which leads many households to reduce their consumption of “certain basic products”.
Likewise, he criticized the government which, although it “collected 51 billion euros more than in 2018”, did not respect “the mandate” of Congress to “reduce” the VAT on fish , meat and canned goods, and to “reduce” personal income. taxation for middle and low incomes.
It is for this reason that he asked the government to recover aid of 200 euros to vulnerable familiesarguing that it is “inexplicable”. “In negotiating budgets, there are other priorities,” lamented the opposition leader.
Last June, the Council of Ministers agreed to remove VAT on oil, reduced to 5%, temporarily until September 30, while extending the removal of said tax for other basic foods and maintaining it reduced to that of pastes and other base oils. seeds.
The royal decree extended until now provides for a return to the initial rates of all sales products in 2025. VAT is again applied to basic foodstuffs, including olive oil, from this Tuesday, in principle 2% between October and Decemberthen move to the super reduced rate of 4%, as was the case before the temporary abolition of this tax in January 2023.
From this Tuesday Olive oil will have 2% VAT until the end of the yearhaving been included in the group of essential foods; while Seed oils and pastes will have 7.5% VAT between October and December.
