The Confederation of Hydrocarbon and Related Trade Entities of the Argentine Republic (CECHA) He expressed his support for the Government’s measure that will force service stations that charge municipal taxes to report it at the pumps. “It is not about overlapping jurisdictional powers, but that the neighbors know what they pay and for what concept“, they said in an official statement.
Following the Government’s announcement, pumps that apply road and/or municipal taxes must contain the following text: “In this jurisdiction, road and/or municipal taxes are applied to the price of fuel.For more information, please visit the website of the Ministry of Energy.”
Gas station owners support the Government’s measure
CECHA stated that “for a long time” seeking to achieve the “issuance of rules that allow our clients to be freed from the so-called ‘road taxes’.” Now, the gas station owners assured that the government’s measure is “very auspicious” and that it will have “the full and complete support of the entire fuel sales sector“.
“Our commitment, beyond any legal technicality, is directed to free the residents of the affected communities from this burdenwhich was distorted to the detriment of the residents and which places us as withholding agents through the pumps,” they stated in an official statement.
In addition, the Confederation assured that it will take “every action” within its reach so that the resolutions “are operational as soon as possible.” According to what was dictated by the Energy Secretariat, the service stations will have 120 days – starting on Wednesday – to comply with the regulations.
What the Government resolution establishes
After preventing municipalities from collecting taxes through utility bills, the Government decided that service stations that apply road and/or municipal taxes must report it at the pumps. This was made official in the Resolution 259/2024 of the Ministry of Energy published this Tuesday in the Official Gazette.
According to the details provided by the secretariat, the new regulations aim to “facilitate access to such information by consumers”. To this end, operators “who sell fuels for self-propelled vehicles in jurisdictions whose municipalities apply road and/or municipal taxes on the price of liquid and/or gaseous fuels, They must display a legend in a visible place” of each fuel dispensing outlet.
The The decal displayed must be 30 by 21 centimeters approximately, and will have to present the following legend: “In this jurisdiction, road and/or municipal taxes are applied to the price of fuels. For more information, you can consult the website of the Ministry of Energy.” In addition, the regulations stipulate that this sticker must be attached to each pump at a minimum height of 1.60 metersreflecting the design and parameters established in one of the annexes of the Resolution, although its colors may be defined by each oil company.
As explained in the recitals of the Resolution, the application of these municipal road, mobility or road network maintenance fees, which in certain jurisdictions They are of novel application, leading to an increase in fuel prices. Given this situation, the Energy Secretariat came to the conclusion that consumers must have “access to certain, clear and detailed information on prices -net of taxes- on fuels that are sold at the sales outlets located throughout the national territory, as well as how they are composed.”
Source: Ambito
