An agreement was reached. The coalition announced the budget for next year – PRAVDA.sk

The chairman of the parliament’s finance committee, Marián Viskupič (SaS), did not rule out that some changes in the budget could still occur during its discussion in parliament.

From left, Vice-Chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Milan Laurenčík (SaS), Minister of Finance of the Slovak Republic Igor Matovič (OĽaNo), Chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Committee on Finance and Budget Marián Viskupič (SaS) and Speaker of Parliament Boris Kollár (We are a family) during the parliamentary session in Bratislava.

The government parties have agreed on the form of the state budget for 2022, announced after the end of the coalition council, the chairman of the parliament’s finance committee, Marián Viskupič (SaS). The budget will be discussed by the tripartite on Wednesday 13 October and should be decided by the government on Thursday 14 October.

The draft budget of the public administration for the years 2022 to 2024, which was submitted to the social partners for discussion by the Minister of Finance Igor Matovič (OĽaNO), says how the state should manage next year.

The state’s total revenue for 2022 is budgeted at 19.97 billion euros. Expenditures are to be 25.44 billion euros. The state budget deficit for next year amounts to 5.47 billion euros. The general government deficit is 4.94 percent of gross domestic product.

“We have agreed on the budget as published on the website of the Economic and Social Council,” said Viskupič. He did not rule out that any changes in the budget could still occur during its discussion in parliament.

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The coalition was originally supposed to talk about addressing the effects of rising energy prices. One option would be to temporarily reduce value added tax (VAT) on energy. The Minister of Economy and leader of the Freedom and Solidarity Party (SaS), Richard Sulík, admitted such a solution, but did not believe that the governing coalition would agree. “There was no debate at the coalition council on energy prices and VAT,” Viskupič remarked.

According to the Act on Budgetary Rules, the draft state budget must be submitted to the parliament no later than 15 October.