Political parties urge Godongwana not to squeeze South Africans with tax hikes
At the weekend, the Democratic Alliance listed several suggestions and reform proposals as well as opposing any personal income tax increase.
The Houses of Parliament in Cape Town. Picture: Lindsay Dentlinger/Eyewitness News
CAPE TOWN - More parties are urging Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana not to burden South Africans with a tax increase when he tables his Budget Speech on Wednesday.
At the weekend, the Democratic Alliance (DA) listed several suggestions and reform proposals as well as opposing any personal income tax increase.
ActionSA has also added its voice, with Member of Parliament, Alan Beesley saying the party “firmly opposes any tax increases” in this year’s budget speech unless accompanied by “deep cuts” to government luxuries.
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The DA said it will not support any plans to raise personal, corporate, or value-added taxes, as Godongwana prepares another tricky budget with little economic growth.
ActionSA also said it opposed any such increases unless they come with cuts to government perks and “redundant” state functions such as deputy ministers.
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"ActionSA is emphatic in our views that any tax increases in the upcoming budget must be rejected. Citizens should not be paying for state corruption and state incompetence. The reality is that there is not a lack of money around rather that there’s just too much plundering and wastage of state resources through incompetence, corruption, and mismanagement," said Beesley.
Good Party's Brett Herron, meanwhile, said there are hard choices that need to be made with “acute focus on fixing the “triple crisis” of unemployment, inequality and poverty.