What do the parties in Brandenburg say on finance and taxes?

The AfD demands sweeping tax cuts: property tax, inheritance and gift tax, the solidarity surcharge, and the CO₂ levy would be scrapped. Incomes, savings, and businesses would get relief because the party believes the tax burden dampens the will to work.

The AfD wants to abolish many taxes. These include the property tax and the inheritance tax. The charge on CO₂ should also go. People and companies should pay less tax.

The AfD wants water associations and municipalities to quickly refund connection fees that were charged unlawfully. The state is to set uniform rules for this and keep the associations and municipalities from becoming insolvent as a result.

Many people in Brandenburg paid fees for water connections that were not lawful. The AfD wants them to get their money back fast. The state should make the same rules for everyone. Water associations and towns should not go broke because of this.

The AfD wants the state to pay in full for building and upgrading municipal roads. Residents would no longer be charged, because the platform regards road building as a basic public service.

Residents often have to pay when their street is built. The AfD wants to end that. The state should pay all of these costs. The party says roads are a job for the government.

The AfD wants to revise the fiscal equalization act and the municipal charges act. The aim is to keep most municipalities from sliding into provisional budget management over late annual accounts and having to cut voluntary spending.

Many towns are behind on their yearly accounts. Then they may only pay for required tasks. Clubs, for example, would get no more money. The AfD wants to change the laws so this does not happen.

The AfD aims for a state budget without new debt and wants to review and limit government spending. The administration is not to grow further, and citizens are not to face a higher financial burden.

The state should not spend more money than it takes in. The AfD wants to check and cut spending. There should be no extra jobs in government offices. People should not pay more than they do today.

The AfD wants tax offices to treat business owners with less suspicion and to work faster. Taxpayers are to receive a draft of their tax return prepared by the office.

Tax offices should be friendlier to citizens. They should not suspect businesses right away. Tax returns should be processed faster. The office should fill in part of the tax return in advance.

The AfD demands that a right to cash be written into the Grundgesetz (Basic Law). It sees cash as protection against financial control and surveillance by the state and banks.

The AfD wants to protect cash. The right to cash should be written into the constitution. The AfD says that without cash, the state and banks can see everything. They would know who pays for what.

The AfD wants to make the waste of public funds a criminal offense, comparable to tax evasion. Politicians are also to be personally liable, because in the party's view waste has hardly any consequences so far.

Anyone who wastes tax money should be punished. It should be treated like tax fraud. Politicians should also be personally liable. The AfD says almost nothing happens to those responsible today.

The AfD wants to reorganize how tax revenue is split between the state and municipalities so that towns and villages receive more money. According to the party, most municipalities are chronically underfunded.

Towns and villages should get more money from the state. The AfD says many municipalities have too little money. They can hardly pay for their tasks. Often almost nothing is left for sports and culture.

The AfD wants to lower Brandenburg's real estate transfer tax from 6.5 to three percent. For the purchase of a first owner-occupied home it is to be dropped entirely, to make it easier for families to buy their own home.

People who buy a house or land pay a tax. In Brandenburg it is 6.5 percent. The AfD wants to cut it to 3 percent. For a first home of your own, you should pay nothing.

The BSW calls for a long-term state investment program for infrastructure that involves the municipalities. It is meant to reduce what the party sees as a large backlog in maintenance and investment.

Many roads and bridges in Brandenburg are in bad shape. So the BSW wants a big investment program. The money should go to roads, schools, housing and rail. The towns should take part.

The BSW wants the state to be allowed to borrow again for public investment. In the party's view, the Schuldenbremse (debt brake) should no longer hold back progress in the state.

The debt brake limits new government debt. The BSW wants to loosen this rule. The state should be able to borrow for investment again. This should help the state move forward.

The BSW wants to reform the Finanzausgleichsgesetz (fiscal equalization law) so that all municipalities can draw up balanced budgets. A fund is to help towns and cities buy back public service facilities they sold in the past.

Many towns in Brandenburg have too little money. The BSW wants to change the law that shares out the money. Every town should be able to get by. A fund should help towns buy back things they sold. These are hospitals or housing, for example.

The BSW wants Brandenburg to launch an initiative in the Bundesrat for a wealth tax on very large fortunes. The revenue is to benefit the states for education, hospitals and school buildings. The new property tax, by contrast, should not burden citizens more.

The BSW wants a tax on very large fortunes. It should apply to multimillionaires and billionaires. Brandenburg should propose this in the Bundesrat. The money should go to schools and hospitals. The property tax should not rise for citizens.

The CDU wants to lower the tax and contribution burden, especially for low and average earners. Overtime and work past retirement age should receive tax advantages, and federal tax law should be simplified.

People with low and middle wages should pay less in taxes and fees. Overtime should pay off more. Retirees who keep working should pay less tax. The CDU calls this an "active pension." Tax rules should get simpler.

The CDU wants a tougher fight against tax evasion and money laundering. It points to billions in tax revenue lost every year.

Some people do not pay their taxes. Others launder money from crimes. The CDU wants to fight this harder. There should be more investigators.

The CDU wants sound budgets and rules out new taxes or levies. A "Brandenburg inventory" of tasks and spending is meant to free up room for investment in the future.

The CDU wants to be careful with money. There should be no new taxes. All state spending should be checked. More money should go into the future.