In any case, Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to return to compliance with the debt brake in 2023, as originally planned.
With regard to the tax estimate, in an interview with the news portal t-online published on Saturday, he dampened hopes of great financial leeway.
But he emphasized: "We'll have to wait and see exactly what financial options we have next year.
But one thing is clear: the debt brake will apply again from 2023.”
The tax estimation working group stated in its half-yearly calculations on Thursday that it was expecting additional tax revenue from the federal, state and local governments by 2026 of 220 billion euros.
Like Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) before him, the Chancellor also curbed expectations that were too high.
When asked about additional leeway, the SPD politician said: "I'm not quite as optimistic as you are.
The global economic situation is currently too difficult to predict for that.” Scholz also emphasized that the two relief packages were limited in time in view of the high energy prices: “The measures are temporary.
Otherwise, we have proven that we always take a close look at the situation.”