• €16.31 levy on credit cards to be removed.
• Registration fees to be reduced substantially for boats with engines over 10 HP.
• Duty on cigarettes to rise by just under seven per cent, or by €0.15c; similar rise on other tobacco products.
• Information on individuals to be shared among newly merged tax institutions to strengthen enforcement and allow for set-offs.
• No refunds to be paid on VAT or income tax if the due returns under both systems are not sent.
• Abuse of deficiencies or lack of clarity in fiscal laws to be addressed.
• Taxpayer's Charter to spell out rights and level of service and obligations to be expected from tax departments.
Enterprises
• Further grants to enterprises to boost their international competitiveness, research, innovation and e-business capabilities.
• Reserve fund to help viable enterprises see themselves through temporary difficulties.
• Refund of 15.2 per cent on expenses on approved research projects.
• Tax exemption on royalties and revenue resulting from patents on inventions.
Small businesses
• Up to €25,000 to be available as micro-credit for purposes of investment, at advantageous rates of interest and easier collateral.
• A 40 per cent tax credit (60 per cent for Gozitan businesses), up to €25,000, when upgrading facilities or employing new workers from today.
• Transport provision to increase workplace accessibility for new employees with a disability.
• Simplification of business licensing system.
• Consultation on opening hours of government departments to meet business needs.
Job seekers
• Full-time training in basic skills, earning them a recognised qualification as well as a stipend, for 16-20 year olds who are not studying, training or in work.
• New schemes to give unemployed persons work experience.
• New employment centre for youths in Birkirkara.
• Community work scheme to be extended.
• Better advisory services for the unemployed.
• Coaching scheme for persons with substantial or severe disabilities to integrate in workplace.
• Unemployed mothers seeking to get training to be assisted with childcare costs.
Working mothers
• New childcare centres in Siġġiewi, Pembroke, Sta Venera, Floriana, Msida and Żejtun, as sell as new SmartKids centres.
• After-school hours service in two more schools.
• Training to those offering childcare services in their homes.
• An extension of €1,000 in the tax reduction to those with children over three who attend summer schools.
Property owners
• Acceleration of payments on property expropriated before 1994.
• Extension of choice to seven years on whether to pay normal rates on capital gains or 12 per cent final withholding tax.
Consumers
• A new entity to be tasked with educating and protecting the consumer against unjustified price levels and with strengthening the price watch mechanism.
• New mechanism for the mandatory, instead of voluntary, control of medicine prices.
• Ministry of Finance to continue to report on causes and trends in prices and discuss with social partners.
• College of Regulators to be established to coordinate functions of different entities connected to the market.
Energy users
• Families that do not consume more than 10,000 units of electricity (nearly 97 per cent) will receive compensation, in the form of a cheque, ranging from €55 for one-person households to €205 for families of seven.
• 28,000 low-income families to receive the Energy Benefit.
• Aid to enterprises and hotels if utility rates cause them to face genuine difficulties.
• Grants on photovoltaic systems and solar water heaters.
• Smart meters to give more control over use of energy.
• Prizes for sustainable enterprise and houses.
Road users
• Completion of road to Marsascala, construction of Valletta Road to Żurrieq and of Żabbar-Smart City road.
• Improvement of road to Marsa Menqa, Gozo's Mġarr Road and European Council Road from Marsa to Luqa.
• Maintenance and reconstruction of many roads in towns and villages.
• Lower registration tax and licence fees for commercial vehicles with low pollution.
• Supply of parking facilities in various places using Mepa's Commuted Parking Payment Scheme fund.
Bus users
• Under the reform of public transport, new bus terminals to be established in Valletta, Victoria and Buġibba, as well as hubs in 10 other localities.
• Extension of Blata l-Bajda's Park and Ride and development of one in Marsa and another in Pembroke.
Gozitans
• Seashore promenade in Żewwieqa, Mġarr.
• Rehabilitation of Villa Rundle gardens.
• New facilities at Gozo General Hospital, including Radiology Unit and new ambulances.
Students
• More government funding for Church schools wishing to extend primary or secondary school levels.
• Continued improvement of government school facilities, including IT and sport.
• Increased allocations to University, Junior College, Institute of Tourism Studies and Mcast.
Elderly
• Full cost-of-living increase to pensioners.
• Extensions of homes in Mtarfa and Msida.
• New day care centres planned in Mellieħa and Siġġiewi.
• New pilot project to support elderly to live in the community.
Children
• Child-in-care benefit to rise to €70 a week and age of assistance to 21 years.
• Tax deductions to be extended for child alimony given by foreign courts.
• Studies on playgrounds to improve safety.
Patients
• Reduction of waiting lists to acceptable levels over three years.
• New medicines in the government's formulary.
• Pharmacy of your choice scheme to be extended.
• National debate on reform of primary care.
Workers
• €5.82 cost-of-living increase.