# ActionSA says it has written to the ANC Task Team negotiating the passage of the 2025/2026 budget to convey that it will not support the budget. The party says central to its decision is the failure of the government to consult it in the development of the proposed budget. ActionSA’s, national chairperson, Michael Beaumont, says the proposed increases in both the value-added tax and income tax cannot be supported, as government has failed to address its own considerable wastage and inefficiencies:
ActionSA says it will not support the 2025/2026 budget [SOUND]
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