Hopkins welcomes decreases to income taxes now active

Fine Gael general election candidate Councillor Maura Hopkins has welcomed the reduction in the USC rate which workers are set to benefit from as of January 1st.

Speaking in Boyle on Saturday, Cllr. Hopkins said that she is glad that workers are now receiving increases to wages, wages which have been cut drastically since the recession began in 2008.

“As of this week, low and middle income earners can expect a well-deserved increase in their take home pay. This is down to reductions in the USC introduced by the Minister for Finance in Budget 2016.

“This Universal Social Charge reduction brings the higher rate of tax under 50% for the first time since 2009. Fine Gael has a long term plan to keep the recovery going and if re-elected, a Fine Gael Government has committed to abolishing the USC over the course of the next Dáil term. We are seeing economic progress, with over 135,000 more people at work and if elected, I will ensure that the people of Roscommon and Galway are involved in this recovery.”