What do the parties in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania say on finance and taxes?

The AfD wants to push at the federal level for family splitting. Under this model, a family's income would be divided for tax purposes among all members, including the children. This is meant to give families noticeable relief and recognize child-rearing in the tax system.

The AfD wants to change taxes for families. The family's income would be divided among all members. Children would count too. This way families with children pay less tax.

The AfD wants to eliminate the real estate transfer tax on a buyer's first owner-occupied home and gradually lower it for all other purchases. At the federal level it advocates lower taxes and social contributions so that, in its view, work pays off more.

People who buy a house pay a tax. The AfD wants to end this tax for a first home of your own. For everyone else the tax should go down. Other taxes and contributions should also go down across Germany.

The AfD wants to balance the state budget, keep the debt brake and limit the state to core tasks. It plans a full financial audit, a supplementary budget and cuts to staff positions, commissioner posts and funding programs. It cites an expected deficit of one billion euros from 2028.

The AfD says the state will soon be short of a lot of money. It does not want new debt. The state should spend less and have fewer administrative staff. Ministers and lawmakers should get less pay during this time.

The AfD wants to make Mecklenburg-Vorpommern a "cash-friendly state." Citizens should be able to decide for themselves whether to pay in cash or by card. A network of savings bank ATMs is to be guaranteed by law.

The AfD wants to protect cash. Everyone should choose: pay with cash or pay by card. The savings banks should have cash machines all over the state. A law should say so.

The Greens want to pass federal money on to cities and towns without routing it through state funding programs. This is meant to eliminate burdensome application procedures and get the money to where it is needed. Federal funds are also to be drawn down consistently.

The federal government gives money to the state. The Greens want to pass this money straight to cities and towns. Today, towns often have to fill out difficult applications. That should stop. Then the money arrives faster.

The Greens want to use the leeway created by changes to the debt brake (the constitutional limit on borrowing) for investment in education, transportation, and environmental and climate protection. The party rejects borrowing to pay for current consumption spending. At the same time, it should become easier to see how public money is spent.

The state may now borrow more than before. The Greens want to spend this money only on the future. For example on schools, transportation and climate protection. There should be no borrowing for day-to-day spending. The state should report more often on how it spends money.

The Greens oppose selling land owned by the state. Instead, plots are to be granted under Erbbaurecht (long-term ground leases), meaning they are handed over for use for a long period in return for regular payments. This is meant to give the state predictable long-term revenue and ensure sustainable use.

The state owns land. The Greens do not want to sell this land. Others may use it for a long time and pay for it. This is called a ground lease. The state keeps its land and gets regular income.

The Greens want to pursue tax evasion and money laundering more firmly and better equip tax offices, tax investigators, prosecutors and the courts to do so. In the platform's view, tax fraud is unfair to everyone who pays honestly and takes money away from the community.

Some people do not pay their taxes honestly. Then money is missing for schools, roads and daycare. The Greens want to fight this harder. The authorities should get more staff and better technology. The state should work more closely with other authorities.

The Greens want to fund towns, municipalities and counties so that they can carry out their tasks reliably and shape local policy themselves. More money is to be allocated directly instead of being tied to funding programs. When the state assigns tasks to municipalities, it should also pay for them.

The Greens want to give towns and villages more money. The money should come directly. There should be fewer complicated funding programs. When the state gives towns a new task, the state should pay for it.

The Left wants to abolish the debt brake because, in the party's view, it blocks needed investment. The state is to invest in education, children and social security rather than cut there. In addition, the budget is to be checked in the future for its effects on gender equality.

The debt brake limits new government debt. The Left wants to abolish it. Then the state can spend more money. The money should go to schools, daycare and social services. The budget should also treat women and men fairly.

The Left wants to give cities and towns more funding and more reliable funding. At the federal level, the Gewerbesteuer (local business tax) is to become a municipal business tax that depends less on the economic cycle. The federal government is to fully cover costs and tax losses caused by its laws.

Cities and towns should get more money. The local business tax should be changed. It should bring in steady money even in bad times. The federal government should pay when its laws cause costs. Towns with old debts should get help.

The Left wants to levy the wealth tax again, with an allowance of one million euros per person. It adds a reform of the inheritance tax, a one-time wealth levy and an end to Ehegattensplitting (joint tax filing for married couples). The party expects up to 1.7 billion euros a year in extra revenue for the state.

Very rich people should pay a tax on their wealth again. The first million euros stays tax-free. A home the owner lives in should be spared. Large inheritances should also be taxed more. The tax break for married couples should end.

The SPD wants to keep the reduced value-added tax rate of 7 percent for restaurants and hotels. It says it will oppose any return to 19 percent.

Restaurants and hotels have a low sales tax. It is 7 percent. The SPD wants to keep it that way. It is against raising it to 19 percent.

Facing a need for savings in the billions, the SPD wants to prioritize policy projects by fixed criteria while continuing to invest. Structural reforms and a modernization of the state are to accompany the savings.

The state has to save a lot of money in the coming years. So the SPD wants to choose carefully what to pay for. Money should still go to education, roads, networks and climate protection. The administration should work more efficiently.

The SPD wants to achieve at the federal level that large fortunes contribute more to funding public tasks and that work is taxed less heavily. A reinstated wealth tax is to have high exemptions and spare business assets.

The SPD wants very rich people to pay more tax. For that, a tax on large fortunes should return. Small and medium fortunes should stay tax-free. The money should lower the charges on work.

With the MV-Plan 2035, the SPD wants to invest about 1.92 billion euros in additional funds together with the municipalities. Faster planning, less bureaucracy and simpler procurement are meant to make the money take effect quickly.

The SPD wants to invest a lot of money with the MV-Plan 2035. It is about 1.92 billion euros. The money comes from a special federal fund. Small and poor towns should also benefit.