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Samuli Katainen stated that he started working at the age of 15, but he had only started accumulating retirement benefits from the age of 23. According to him, after eight years of work and paid pension contributions, he had accumulated zero euros in his own pension. Katainen said that his working career would not continue until the proposed retirement age of 70. #eläke #työelämä #nuoret (translated)

Tuomo Saarni pondered the significance of organizations and development aid, stating that he would rather raise the retirement age than give them up. According to him, salaries in the public sector's middle management and above were extremely high while the private sector struggled with profitability. He also wrote that solo entrepreneurs ceased their operations because they could not manage their YEL payments, and believed that the value map of society was misaligned. #kehitysapu #yrittäjyys #julkinensektori (translated)

Jukka-Pekka Lätti wrote that he understood that the controversial citizenship test would be conducted online, allowing someone to complete it on behalf of another, for example, in exchange for payment. According to him, the test should be organized in a supervised environment, similar to the Mensa test, and without any aids. Lätti ended his message with a profanity-laden insult. https://t.co/RBqRIG0Qid #kansalaisuuskoe #testi #Suomi (translated)

Juho Hirvelä wrote that authorities may order 150 endangered cows to be slaughtered. He demanded an end to the actions he described against cattle and justified his demand by stating that the original breed was already on the brink of extinction, in his view. He referred to an article behind a paywall. https://t.co/iYhz7aEHRk #alkuperäiskansa #kansallisesti #suojelu (translated)

Jouni Tuovinen wrote to Jari Sarasvuo, Tere Sammallahden, and the National Coalition Party that, in his opinion, the YEL system had not been fixed: payments were still being collected for months when there was no income. He estimated that citizens would already be organizing a revolution if TyEL contributions were collected without salary payments. #YEL #TyEL #suomi (translated)

Oksana Pillak writes that Estonia's state finances are gradually improving as the tax burden has been reduced and the economy is growing, in contrast to the concerns and criticism of the opposition regarding the state budget. #riigirahandus #majanduskasv #maksupoliitika (translated)

Arto Koskelo wrote that, in his opinion, the National Coalition Party had not understood the significance of the new party that appeared on the right side. He described the collaboration the party did with the Social Democrats before the elections as a betrayal of right-wing voters and assessed that its consequences had previously gone unaccounted for but were now coming due. https://t.co/4KUiDo5i8O #Politiikka #Suomi #Kokoomus (translated)

A dispute over the transit fee for Russian grain has arisen after the company LatRailNet increased the fee by 25%, which is still not enough to meet the government's plan for a threefold increase, in the face of European Union regulations. #LatRailNet #grauduTranzīts #EiropasSavienība (translated)

The Finns Party wrote that the party would correct the YEL solution of Marin's government. According to them, in the future, an entrepreneur could choose their actual earnings as the basis for their YEL income, which would particularly ease the tax burden on small entrepreneurs whose actual income has been lower than the currently calculated work income. #ps #perussuomalaiset #yel #yrittäjä #yelsystemi #perussuomalaiset (translated)

Juho Salo criticized Finland's pension system and wrote that if the retirement age were to be raised, it could, in his opinion, be increased all at once to 100 years. He argued that in the system, a worker could pay pension contributions for 50 years, which would correspond to 25 percent of their salary, and receive a pension only at the age of 74. Salo pointed out that, according to him, pension accrual could not be collected. Salo called the system an economic catastrophe. He calculated the total amount of pension contributions and other shares to be 33.7 billion euros: 28.2 billion for occupational pensions, 0.7 billion for employees' shares, and 4.8 billion euros for state contributions. According to him, this amount could be used to pay a monthly basic income of 656 euros in addition to current social benefits and wages without tax increases. He compared the current system to a model where the retirement age would be 50 years and the pension would be 900–1,100 euros per month. Salo believed that money available earlier could be invested by individuals. He also criticized that those born before 1964 would receive the promised pension, while later generations would be left with the bill. Salo proposed that an investment of about 800 euros per month for 25 years would accumulate 240,000 euros without returns and over a million euros with investment returns. He related his comparison to the MSCI World index for the years 2001-2026 and said that wealth would remain for inheritance if 3-4 percent was withdrawn annually. According to him, such a system could make Finnish workers millionaires by the age of 50-60 and free up jobs sooner. Additionally, Salo criticized trade unions for not organizing strikes against pension contributions, development aid, and financing immigration, in his view. He compared the pension system to economic development aid and described it as an even worse solution. #eläke #perustulo #kansantalous (translated)

When we talk about substance, we should naturally review and reform the entire tax system. Our entire tax system is built on the premise that 40 percent of taxes come from consumption taxes. According to Center Party member Lauri Laats, the state budget currently under preparation is a disaster. #riigieelarve #debatt #Eesti (translated)

The parliamentary parties discussed the state budget in a heated debate, where the coalition claims that the deficit will decrease, while the opposition criticizes the government for fulfilling promises with borrowed money and points out the need to reform the tax system. #riigieelarve #debatt #Eesti (translated)

In Estonia, the value-added tax rules for healthcare services may change in the coming years, affecting lymph therapists, chiropractors, and osteopaths, as the system needs to adapt to the interpretations of the European Court, which emphasize the content of the service and the provider's competence rather than the legal form. #tervishoid #teenused #maksureeglid (translated)

Despite the reduction of tax exemptions for online casinos, which was supposed to attract new gambling companies to Estonia and increase tax revenue, in reality only five new company licenses have been created, while three existing ones have left the market, and tax revenue has fallen by nearly a fifth compared to last year. #Эстония #онлайнказино #налоги (translated)

The Latvian government has proposed a five-year transition period to organize the relationships between land and property owners, setting a minimum land legal use fee at 4% of the cadastral value, while after the transition period, private parties will agree on the amount of the fee; otherwise, the matter will be brought to court. #zemeslietošana #īpašumi #tiesības (translated)

In his opinion article, Lauri Laatsi criticizes the increased tax burden and growing national debt of the Estonian government’s new state budget, emphasizing that despite promises of fiscal consolidation and spending cuts, the budget deficit remains, and the quality of life for people does not improve. #EestiRiigieelarve #Maksupoliitika #Riigirahandus (translated)

"If the French do not choose a political breakthrough, France is heading towards insolvency," France's most popular presidential candidate Marine Le Pen announced on Tuesday that if she is elected president next year, she will implement a €140 billion spending cut by 2032. #maksud #usaldus #riigieelarve (translated)

The Finns Party wrote that Marin's government had opened the opportunity for students from third countries and their family members to come to Finland and benefit from Finnish education and social security at the taxpayers' expense. The party stated that it had started to limit the program and said the work would continue in the next election term. According to them, the Finns Party was the only party that could continue this work. #siksiPS #perussuomalaiset #opiskelijat #maahanmuutto #opiskelijat #maahanmuutto #perussuomalaiset (translated)