Almost two-thirds of landlords disapproved of the plan to end the allowance, while 58% said the current flat-rate system was fairer than its proposed replacement.
Macedonia joined the club at the beginning of 2007, but in Slovakia the populist-nationalist coalition that took power in mid-2006 made the resumption of progressive taxation one of its main campaign pledges although to date it has only opted for a modest tweaking of the flat-rate system set up by its pro-market predecessor.
Some higher ranking hospitals use a means-tested flat rate charging system, with chargeable extras such as private rooms and air conditioning bring in the lion's share of extra income.
The special select committee on Members' Expenses under Conservative Adam Afriyie has laboured and brought forward proposals for a system of flat rate allowances to replace the more elaborate system operated by the hated (by MPs, anyway) expenses watchdog IPSA.
Labour's mansion tax would not be a flat rate levy but a banded system, with owners of homes worth between £2m and £3m paying £3,000 a year and higher charges for more expensive properties.
The plan calls for deep cuts in the existing federal taxes on individual and corporate income, both of which would be reduced to a flat rate of 9 percent from a system of tiered rates that run above 30 percent for the highest earners.
The intuition behind prospective payment system (PPS), or any other fixed price system for that matter, is that providers will be incentivized to use less resource in treating patients and providers that have lower costs than the flat rate would benefit from the system compared to hospitals with higher costs.
Furthermore, fierce domestic opposition has forced the Slovenian government to abandon plans for a flat-rate tax system; instead, the government has opted for a milder reform that essentially preserves the progressive nature of the tax system.
One option under consideration had been to replace this tiered system with a flat rate of pension tax relief, which could have benefited basic rate taxpayers, but penalised higher earners.
Taxicab, chauffeur-driven automobile available for hire to carry passengers between any two points within a city or its suburbs for a fare determined by a meter or zone system or a flat rate.
