If the VAT on heating is reduced from 20 to 9%, prices will fall. An effort can be made to further reduce the increase in heating. This was stated by the economist Georgi Angelov on the air of “Awake”.
“The electricity was reduced to 2.5%, which no one will feel, so the heating must be treated,” he concluded.
“If people do not pay their bills, nothing will improve,” Angelov said, adding that this is why raising bills should be smoother.
The economist Assoc. Prof. Grigor Sariyski was also in the studio, but he did not agree: “This does not reduce the price of heating, but the state simply compensates, but this cannot be endless. We will pay this reduced VAT, but it will not be through the price of heating, but through other costs, “he explained.
“We have a lot of industries that are making money. Energy makes a lot of money. This money comes from foreign markets, the arms industry, the export of oil and grain. We also benefit from the situation “, Angelov was categorical.
According to him, it is good to increase incomes, and not “reduce the price of bread by 5 cents or give 25 cents for gasoline, which will be taken from the state the next day,” Angelov said.
“These are good wishes, but we cannot increase salaries through the budget,” said the associate professor.
According to him, the money from the energy sector should be invested against depreciation in the power plants.
Experts do not believe that zero VAT will lower the price of bread for the end user.
“We can’t support ourselves indefinitely. The state must take over its functions “, Sariyski is categorical.
According to Angelov, fuel prices will continue to rise by 20 stotinki every monthespecially if we give up Russian oil.
Asked whether Asen Vassilev was right in his forecast that inflation by the end of the year will be around 10-11%, Sariyski said:
“Inflation on an annual basis will be much higher than what Asen Vassilev predicts. It is only currently about 14%. The economy is like a ship, you can’t make drifts and sharp turns with it. In my opinion, inflation towards the end of the year will be 18-20%, and maybe more “, the associate professor concluded categorically.
„The hat measures do not help, if these measures are continued, the government will throw away the white towel and the next ones will have to be fixed.Said Sariiski.
According to him, we will not meet the criteria for the Eurozone, but most likely, judging by the fact that they are pushing us there, there will simply be a derogation from the criteria. “This means that the criteria will be lowered and we will be able to go there, whatever we do,” said the associate professor.
“This will play a very bad role for us. If you bring such a country into the eurozone, it’s like releasing a 50kg athlete with twice as much weight. He will be used as cannon fodder. There’s no point in that. Bulgaria is already taking on Greek scenario, “he concluded skeptically.
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