By Months: Aivar Sõerd
Total Months: 9
Fully Profiled: 9
12.2024
8 Speeches
The legislative focus centers on approving the state budget execution report and enhancing the transparency of the Budget Act. The objective is to restrict ministers' authority to reallocate funds within the budget, thereby ensuring the Riigikogu's constitutional oversight of all revenues and expenditures. He/She is an active overseer and an advocate for improving procedural rules.
11.2024
6 Speeches
The legislative focus is on amending the Income Tax Act to make investment accounts more flexible and on processing the state's annual financial report. A strong political priority is replacing the activity-based budget with a traditional cost-based budget, while retaining performance indicators merely as informative additions. Also important are the harmonization of tax treatment and resolving bottlenecks that have emerged in practice.
10.2024
13 Speeches
The primary focus is on Riigikogu Draft Resolution 487, which proposes that the government introduce a temporary solidarity tax for the banking sector covering the years 2025 through 2027. The speaker is a representative of the leading committee (the Finance Committee) and a strong opponent of the draft, criticizing both its timing and the impossibility of implementing retroactive taxation. He/She mentions that the adoption of the draft requires a majority vote of the full Riigikogu membership.
09.2024
1 Speeches
The legislative focus is on budget oversight and monitoring the execution of previous budgetary decisions. The priority is keeping the issue of the Ministry of the Interior's relocation and associated cost savings on the agenda, a matter which was linked to the supplementary budget processed in March.
07.2024
1 Speeches
The legislative focus is directed toward scrutinizing the proposals and criteria discussed in the committee concerning the regulation of financing for local government investments and the scope of state intervention.
06.2024
2 Speeches
The legislative focus is on the bill currently under deliberation by the Finance Committee. This legislation specifically concerns investment accounts, the regulation of crypto assets, and the Funded Pensions Act. The speaker serves as a procedural supporter and a representative of the leading committee, responsible for accurately setting the deadlines for the bill's proceedings and the submission of proposed amendments. They are also involved in evaluating the effects of the pension reform within the legislative context.
05.2024
12 Speeches
His/Her legislative focus is on tax policy and public finance, and he/she is a critic of the new tax draft. He/She is actively involved as a representative of the Finance Committee in the proceedings for Bill 367, concentrating on procedural matters and the majority required for the bill's passage. He/She is demanding clarification on administrative costs and the number of officials before the law is enacted.
03.2024
4 Speeches
The legislative focus is currently on the draft bill implementing the EU Minimum Income Tax Directive (GloBE), regarding which the speaker serves as the representative of the lead committee. He/She is the scrutinizer of the details of the legislative process, ensuring procedural compliance and setting the deadline for amendments (March 20, 2024).
01.2024
1 Speeches
The legislative focus is aimed at reforming the process of transposing European Union legal acts, specifically to reduce the administrative burden and prevent the creation of unnecessary bureaucracy. The politician operates both as an initiator and a critical voice, demanding solutions to the existing problem.