Pledges such as ending the solidarity tax (a tax set up after reunification to help east Germany modernize), plus changes to tax brackets, would create moderate savings among low income earners. Source: ZEWThe smaller partiesTax cuts belong to the DNA of the liberal FDP, so it should surprise no one that they are promising tax relief across the board. But their tax pledges would provide substantial tax relief to people earning over €80,000 while keeping the tax burden at the bottom end of the scale the same. The left-wing Linke Party pledges big tax increases for the super rich, with people earning over a million euros having to give 75 percent of that to the tax man. The CDU's tax pledges would leave a €32 billion hole in the state revenues.

Source: The Local September 01, 2021 14:48 UTC