Schillerová: Czechia cannot avoid raising some taxes

Czech Finance Minister Alena Schillerová has said the country cannot avoid raising some taxes, though she ruled out a return to the old system of calculating income tax known as the "super-gross wage." She made the comments on Czech Television's Sunday program.

"I think we can't avoid raising some taxes, I'll say that openly. I definitely wouldn't want us to go back to the super-gross wage, but these will mainly be excise duties — we already have a tax on oil refining, and I'm preparing a few more, because there are sectors where profits have grown at an unprecedented rate," the minister said.

"We're not naive, and we understand that the legislation needs to be prepared now so it can take effect around the middle of 2027," Schillerová added. She once again confirmed that Andrej Babiš's (ANO) governing coalition will raise some taxes.

According to the minister, over the course of 2027 she expects to save 20 billion crowns in the budget through a combination of higher revenue and lower spending, and possibly more. Roughly half of that amount, she estimated, could come from higher revenue — that is, from taxes.

At the same time, the governing coalition of ANO, Motoristé and SPD stated explicitly in its policy program: "We pledge not to raise any taxes."

Source: novinky.cz