Businesspeople’s association demands new taxes

Also, the proposed fiscal measures include a pollution tax and a drop in labor force taxes.

“Those who extract natural resources are like lottery winners. Without doing anything, the prices for raw materials have increased significantly. A similar measure to tax outstanding profits has already been applied in , while in , , and , debates have been organized to pass such a tax,” Pogonaru said.

AOAR said that revenues from such taxes should be used to support the poor.