Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday announced the government's willingness to cut down some taxes to help companies grow in the staggering economy.
The move by the government will ease the burden on "small and medium-sized enterprises by around seven billion euros ($7.6 billion) per year", the government stated in a statement.
Although there have been conflicts from coalition parties over the size of tax cuts in recent months the German economy noticed a significant drop.
Germany, which is Europe's largest economy, noticed a decrease in the second quarter of 2023 after falling into recession at the beginning of the year.
One of the major reasons for the downside in economic worth was that the country couldn't cope with the effects caused by the Russian war with Ukraine which happened last year causing the skyrocketing of energy and food prices.
Due to the effect, the German government had to go on the "offensive", Scholz said this in Berlin during his first day of a ministerial retreat.
The tax relief was part of the 10-point plan by the German government which is expected to "stimulate growth for the country" and also attract companies to come and invest in Germany, Scholz said.
One of the plans was not to rely on energy from outsiders but to create energy-saving investments that would help the country in future crises. And some changes that will make it easier for firms to write off losses.
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