- New government plans to raise VAT, income tax, and excise duty on alcohol, tobacco, and gasoline
- VAT and income tax to increase to 24% by 2026
- Introduction of a 2% tax on corporate profits as part of defense tax
- Defense spending to be kept at 3% and costs of hosting NATO allies to be covered
- Plans to acquire long-range weapon systems and strengthen digital defense capability
- Budget deficit to be reduced from 5.6% to 3% by 2025
- Labor and management costs in ministries to be cut by 10% within three years
- Excise duties on alcohol, tobacco, and gasoline to increase by 5% per year
- Delay in elimination of income tax-free threshold
- Universities allowed to introduce fees for Estonian-language curricula in certain cases
- Plans to cut red tape and bureaucracy
- Speeding up construction of Rail Baltic and investments in railway electrification
- State budget to be made more understandable
- Cuts to labor, management, operating costs, and subsidies by 10% over three years
- Cuts to foundations and state-owned enterprises planned.
Source: news.err.ee
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