SYRIZA amendment to exclude the child allowance from the declared income for the Minimum Guaranteed Income

The exclusion of the child allowance from the declared income for receiving the Minimum Guaranteed Income (EEE) is provided by an amendment tabled by the Deputy Head of Social Solidarity, Theano Fotiou, with the co-signature of 63 more SYRIZA-PS MPs. The amendment was submitted to the bill of the Ministry of Finance that will be discussed tomorrow, in the Plenary Session of the Parliament

As mentioned in a relevant announcement of SYRIZA-PS, the child allowance was established in 2018, with law 4512/18. This law states that “The child allowance is exempt from any tax, fee, contribution or withholding in favor of the State or a third party, including the special solidarity contribution of article 29 of law 3986/2011 (AD152) and is not counted in the total , real or imputed, family income unless expressly provided for in the legal framework for social protection financial aid “.

The government of ND, according to SYRIZA MPs, “revised the EU with article 4 of law 4756/20, where it did not include that the child allowance is excluded from the declared income for receiving the EU. This means that households with minors with little or no income are excluded or receive a reduced Minimum Guaranteed Income, which in the current situation is tantamount to a complete inability to survive. purpose.

Today, with the energy crisis, fuel efficiency and inflation, which are leading to a rapid increase in the cost of basic and other products and services, every household expenditure has skyrocketed and a new humanitarian crisis is on the doorstep for far-reaching households. poverty. The crisis is primarily housing, as most of the monthly income is spent on housing costs (rent or loan repayment, electricity, water, utilities, telephony, heating-cooling). The housing crisis is fatal in the lower income levels and the food crisis “.

Source: AMPE

Source: Capital

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