Families, Pensioners & Collectives – Who Gets More Money?

For example, the finance ministry has calculated what state aid will bring to citizens financially to deal with inflation and the energy crisis. Whether the relief can offset the additional burden from higher prices and gas surcharges varies from case to case. It depends on gas consumption and electricity savings, how well the apartment is renovated, whether you use a car and how cold the winter is.

• Employees get them Energy flat ratio 300 euros in total Provided with salary.
• Self-employed people get a special rate at the roundabout: a one-time reduction in their income tax advance should make up for it here.
• families Child support An additional 100 euros per child.
• A one-time grant of 200 euros for Hartz4 recipients.
• Fuel discount: From June to August, petrol price will be reduced by 30 paise and diesel price by 14 paise per litre.
• 9-euro-ticket: During the same period, there is a public transport ticket valid throughout the country for nine euros per month.

According to the ministry, a double-earner family with two children and twice the annual salary of around 35,000 euros is almost 1,150 euros extra. This means households receive more money from the government. Including the commuter flat rate, the tax benefit is 232 euros and the 430 euro energy price flat rate will be on the household account after taxes.

There is also a €200 child bonus. The tank discount covers around 2,500 kilometers a month and costs 210 euros, while the EEG surcharge brings in 76 euros.

of Single, people who drive to work every day and earn a total of 61,500 euros will receive about 425 euros from aid packages, the finance ministry said. The tax-free amount is 146 euros, which equates to 185 euros in energy costs for him after taxes.

He benefits from the tank discount (when driving frequently) with around 59 euros, canceling the EEG levy with an average electricity consumption of 35 euros.

die Pensioner A pension of about 1,000 euros a month, housing and a car for shopping and family visits, amounting to about 362 euros, according to the ministry’s calculations. He gets a heating subsidy of 270 euros, about 57 euros from the tank rebate and about 35 euros from the cancellation of the EEG surcharge.

of Beneficiaries of basic security According to the ministry, monthly basic protection is 449 euros, including full rent and heating costs and without a car, the relief is about 235 euros. A one-off payment of 200 euros for social welfare recipients and 35 euros with the abolition of the EEG surcharge.

die self employment, A person who travels a lot by car and has a taxable income of 42,000 euros a year receives 463 euros, according to the ministry. This includes a higher basic tax-free allowance of 69 euros, a tank discount of 160 euros and the abolition of the EEG surcharge of 39 euros. You have 195 euros from the energy price flat rate.

die Student A 450-euro job with Bafög comes with benefits of 615 euros, according to the ministry. According to the bill, he receives 300 euros for the full energy price and 230 euros for the heating cost. With the 9-euro ticket, he saves around 50 euros for the semester ticket, and by eliminating the EEG surcharge, he gets 35 euros.

The federal government and coalition politicians are promising citizens and businesses that relief will come into effect when the new additions are made Gas surcharge to be paid. Greens leader Omit Nuripour declared a “joint effort”. Federal Economy Minister Robert Habeck assured the company that he would at least study the next steps. However, the specific form is not clear.

The gas surcharge is initially an additional 2.4 cents per kilowatt hour that all gas customers, private households and businesses, must pay. The levy is intended to protect major importers from bankruptcy due to increased procurement costs and to protect against the collapse of the German energy system. The Russian invasion of Ukraine at the end of February was the trigger for the rise in gas prices.

The shape of the new relief package remains controversial in the red-green-yellow federal government. Chancellor Olaf Scholes (SPD) pledged on Twitter on Monday: “We will not leave anyone alone with higher costs.” Deputy government spokesman Christian Hoffman said earlier: “If the tax is imposed on October 1 this year, it will be. Be prepared for additional relief for the citizens of this country.

The government also wants to prevent VAT being paid on gas surcharges, which would benefit the state – but it is not yet clear whether EU law allows this. Union parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn declared cynically in “Spiegel”: “If the traffic light defects are not fixed quickly, we will apply to the Bundestag in September to remove the levy.” CDU Vice-President Carsten Linnmann spoke in favor of a general reduction of VAT on energy: “Gas and electricity are a basic need,” he reasoned to Bayern’s media team.

The government’s gas tax will further worsen the economic situation of stressed private households. “Anyone already in economic trouble because of high inflation and increased energy prices will have a particularly difficult time,” Inez Moyers, executive director of the Federal Credit Advisory Group, told the Funke Media Group newspaper. Because many families will not be in a financial position two years after the corona virus outbreak.

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