SPD leader Schulz delivers a speech before exploratory talks about forming a new coalition government at the SPD headquarters in Berlin
Germany's conservatives and Social Democrats (SPD) want to raise the bar for a top income tax rate for high earners to an annual income of 60,000 euros, a source with knowledge of their coalition talks said on Monday.
The measure, an election promise by the conservatives, is designed to provide tax relief for high earners. It signals a compromise by the SPD who had wanted to raise taxes for high earners and expand welfare payments.
A top tax rate of 42 percent at the moment applies for those who earn some 53,700 euros and above ($64,375.56) annually.
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