V Grécku nie je podľa centrálnej banky priestor na zvýšenie daní

Snahy Grécka o zníženie deficitu sa musia zamerať na škrty výdavkov a daňové úniky. Na zvýšenie daní priestor nie je. V utorok to vo svojej správe uviedla grécka centrálna banka. "Viac priestoru na zvýšenie daní pre podniky a jednotlivcov nemáme. Politika na podporu príjmov musí byť zameraná na rozšírenie daňovej základne a odhalenie daňových únikov," tvrdí centrálna banka.

Grécko chce znížiť svoj rozpočtový deficit v tomto roku na 7,8 % hrubého domáceho produktu (HDP) z minuloročných 13,8 % HDP. Zadlžená krajina sa musí držať svojich cieľov zameraných na úpravu verejných financií, aby si zabezpečila čerpanie prostriedkov z mimoriadneho trojročného úveru v sume 110 mld. eur, na ktorom sa dohodla s krajinami eurozóny a Medzinárodným menovým fondom (MMF). "Aby sme boli v budúcom roku viac efektívni, musia byť fiškálne zmeny zamerané hlavne na znižovanie výdavkov," uvádza centrálna banka vo svojej správe.

No room left to raise Greek tax rates -central bank

ATHENS, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Greece's effort to cut deficits

must rely on curbing spending, tax evasion and waste as there is

no more room for higher taxes, the country's central bank said

in an interim monetary policy report on Tuesday.

"There is no more room to raise tax rates on businesses and

individuals and the spearhead of policy to boost revenues must

aim for a widening of the tax base and capturing tax evasion,"

the central bank's report said.

Greece is aiming to cut its budget shortfall to 7.8 percent

of gross domestic product (GDP) this year from 13.8 percent in

2009, a deficit that is expected to be revised upwards by the

EU's statistics body Eurostat.

The overborrowed country must meet ambitious fiscal

adjustment targets to keep receiving emergency funding under a

three-year 110 billion euro package agreed in May with the

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and its euro zone partners.

"To be more efficient in the next years, fiscal adjustment

must be mainly based on cuts in spending," the report said.

"Tidying up public finances will be viable and successful if it

comes from a radical restructuring of the the state at all its

levels."

The Bank of Greece said average real wages, taking inflation

into account, would go down by 8 percent this year in the

economy as a whole and would be reduced by 17 percent in the

public sector as a result of wage and benefit cuts.

The central bank said there was significant fiscal progress

in the first year of the EU/IMF/ECB fiscal plan but noted that

risks of missing targets remained, also due to the upcoming

upward revision of last year's fiscal shortfall by Eurostat.

The EU's statistics agency has postponed the announcement of

a revision of Greek budget data to mid-November because it needs

more time for thorough checks.

Greece's finance minister said earlier in October last

year's deficit would be around 14 percent. Other officials have

hinted it could have reached around 15 percent [ID:nLDE69K1C7]

The report projected GDP would contract by about 4.0 percent

this year with unemployment topping 12 percent.

(Reporting by George Georgiopoulos; editing by Patrick Graham)