People are being overcharged on their income tax, MP says

The government had yet to react to claims that people were being overcharged on their income tax, Nationalist MP Robert Arrigo told the Times of Malta. Mr Arrigo, who also raised the issue in Parliament, said he had received information that people in the €19,501 to €35,000 income bracket were being overcharged on their income tax. He said the government was taxing people in that particularly income range at 26 per cent rather than 25 per cent. Such overcharging "appears to be confirmed", he said, adding that he expected a statement from the government. He insisted that anyone so overcharged should be refunded. Contacted by this newspaper, Mr Arrigo said he had yet to hear anything from the government. Asked to back what he said in Parliament, Mr Arrigo said he had confirmed with a number of accountants that the government was charging more than 25 per cent in the particular income range he mentioned. "I have yet to hear anything from the government side saying that my information is wrong," he said, pointing out that the income bracket in question was one of the widest in Malta, meaning that a significant number of people were potentially affected. Income tax in Malta ranges...

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