Economy minister: changes to self-employment taxation should not be discouraging

Minister of the Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė says that the Finance Ministry’s proposal to gradually increase the personal income tax rate for self-employment should not deter self-employed and high-income earners from continuing with this form of activity.

The minister said she understood the aim of equalising taxation between different types of work, but insisted that a debate was needed as to whether this should be achieved by raising tax rates.