The scheme regarding seafarers implies the same loss of state revenues as the State will be giving the ship-owners direct grants corresponding to 90 % of the income tax which would have been due by the seafarer and paid by the ship-owner.
Meremeeste maksutagastuse kava kohaldamisel vähenevad riigi tulud samas ulatuses riigi poolt laevaomanikele antava otsetoetusega, mis võrdub 90 % meremehe palgalt arvestatavast tulumaksust, mille oleks pidanud tasuma laevaomanik.