It asks to regenerate a special regime that allowed companies to take greater proportion of VAT to apply it to the payment of social loads, to the extent that companies are farther from the ports.
The Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) asked to implement a Patronal Contribution Regime that allowed the interior industries to reduce the costs of hiring employees.
This was analyzed by the president of the UIA, Martín Rappallini, Within the framework of a visit to Tucumán and Jujuywhere he met with the governors Osvaldo Jaldo and Carlos Sadir and local businessmen.
During the trip, Rappallini heard the concerns of the president of the Tucumán Industrial Union, Jorge Rocchia Ferroand of the Jujuy Industrial Union, Federico Gatti.
While different points of the regional agenda were analyzed, they raised the need for count on a labor hiring regime known as “Decree 814”a norm sanctioned in 2001. He established a Unique 16% aliquot for employer contributions And after that, Companies could take a VAT part on account of the tax. To the extent that they were further from the ports, a greater proportion of VAT could apply.
In the case of the city of Tucumán, 7.6%could be taken, while in the rest of the province 8.6%. In Salta it was 6.55% and 10.75%, respectively. The regime of Decree 814 was very relevant to several SMEs. Even large companies decided to invest in plants in the NOA area to take advantage of that advantage.
The request for reduction of LAs well as patronals is part of the traditional UIA agenda, that prepares for the national meeting in Cordovaon September 2, on the occasion of the Industry Day.
“Have a record tax system and an old labor system, And we need to invest in infrastructure, education and better financing, ”said Rappallini, who added:”The macro is important, but it is not the end, it is the medium. You have to work on microeconomics and Argentine cost. ”
“The leaders evaluated With its NOA peers the strategies to gain competitiveness and reduce the asymmetries of the North Argentina with other regions. They talked about infrastructure, transport and tax pressure issues, ”he was officially reported.
Inter alia Common issues throughout the country, the problem of high tax pressure in the provinces and the increase in labor judgments was mentioned from a poor implementation in the provinces of the Labor Risks Law.
In the purely regional issue, businessmen considered It is necessary to keep a 6% floor the bioethanol cut or corn cut in fuel mixtures.
The 5 points proposed by industrialists
“The UIA has been reaffirming the importance of strengthening a renewed industrial agenda and federal, focused on the generation of value, quality use, territorial integration, the continuous improvement of international competitiveness and insertion, ”said the entity. For them it proposes five fundamental axes to reduce the Argentine cost:
- Tax reform, which must simplify loads and eliminate distortions to favor investment and formal employment
- Labor modernization, aimed at generating inclusion and flexible frames with future vision
- Inversiones in infrastructure, essential to reduce costs and connect productive regions
- Productive financing, which must be accessible and predictable to strengthen SMEs and innovative industries;
- Technical education, true engine of the industry, capable of articulating training with productive demands and enhancing talent and competitiveness.
Source: Ambito
