Denmark: the 2015 finance bill re-introduces full tax deduction for union dues

The 2015 finance bill presented by the Danish government on August 26, 2014 brings with it several “improvements” for workers. These range from a significant strengthening in health policy (which provides for, amongst other things, health check-ups for lesser qualified workers) to a consolidation in the professional training policy for both young and adult workers and to a full tax deduction for union dues – which cancels the previous conservative government's provision and one which had facilitated the growth of “yellow” unions.
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Improvement in the Welfare State, rising employment, and control over the economy represent the three axes upon which the government finance bill rests. This is the final bill before the next elections and comes under the heading ”strengthen the community”, a community battered by the economic crisis and reforms of recent years. The country is moving towards recovery confirmed Bjarne Corydon, the Minister for Finance during his presentation to parliament on August 26, 2014, a recovery based on increases in productivity and employment and a reduction in unemployment in the first 8 months of 2014.

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