Survey: Czechs tend to agree with the abolition of the super-gross wage

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Finance Minister Alena Schiller of YES in mid-August said, this will return to the economy, because people will spend the money, so we want to go down this path and now we basically have some options to discuss with the prime minister as we agreed.

Finally, on August 28, the governing parties agreed to abolish the super gross wage and introduce a 15% income tax. For people with an income of over 139 thousand crowns a month, the rate should remain at 23%. Most opposition parties also agree with the government's plan. However, the Ministry of Finance has no plan to cover the budget loss that will result from the abolition of the super gross wage and the reduction of taxes. For example, the Governor of the Czech National Bank, Jiří Rusnok, considers this to be an ill-considered step. And President Miloš Zeman is also against it. According to him, the budget will lose up to 90 billion a year

Zeman told Prima television, what worries me is the attempt to break a hole in the state budget with such concessions that would be permanent, that is, that would be repeated every year.

In its survey, Median asked whether respondents agreed with the abolition of the super-gross wage and the reduction of income tax, even if it would increase the state budget deficit by tens of billions, Medysl director Přemysl Čech described. We wanted people to realize that this is not just a reduction, but that it also has a certain impact. And the overall state budget, which is currently much debated is in a very negative balance. Nevertheless, 56% of respondents agreed with the changes. Of course, it is mainly employees who expect it to be economically advantageous for them when the super-gross wage is abolished. They are most often people from small and medium-sized cities.

These respondents hardly cared about their political preferences, Přemysl Čech continued that Who I would choose is a relatively weak predictive factor, which accordingly affects the economic status. I get on the payroll, I don't get the money, so it's just a lot stronger than 'throwing someone's ballot.

33% of respondents were against the changes. Most often, it was university educated people from big cities who voted for right wing opposition parties in the last election. 11% have no opinion on this question. On September 9 and 10, 1,053 people over the age of 18 took part in the Median survey.