“We have to wait for the subsistence minimum report in the autumn to know the exact amount,” the FDP politician told Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND). Lindner added that compensation for inflation in taxes on wages and income is also planned for 2025. “Along with an increase in the child benefit, in 2025 there will also be a further increase in the basic allowance and the child allowance from wages and income tax,” the minister said. He estimated the amount of relief from these tax cuts to reduce cold progression by a “single-digit billion amount.”

Additional tax relief amounting to a “single-digit billion amount”

Lindner again made it clear that he continues to reject the increase in child benefit demanded by the SPD and the Greens for the beginning of 2024. “The child benefit was already increased significantly and disproportionately in 2023 to alleviate the burden on families. That was a great success. That is why the next increase will not be until 2025,” she emphasized. At the same time, Lindner reiterated his demand to increase the basic and child tax relief retroactively to the beginning of 2024. This is necessary for constitutional reasons. “Unfortunately, this has so far been blocked by the SPD and the Greens,” complained the FDP politician.

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