The Secretaries of Commerce, Pablo Lavigne, and Small and Medium Enterprises, Marcos Ayerrajoined the initiative of the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, and asked representatives of the industry to demand the reduction of Gross Income and municipal rates in the provinces. From the manufacturing sector they responded by asking for a more tax scheme progressive and clearer signs of economic recovery.
“There is a battle that you have to fight, which is the reduction of Gross Income and municipal hygiene rates.“Ayerra told the industrialists.
Lavigne complemented by ensuring that the Gross Income tax in the provinces is lower than the safety and hygiene rate in some cases, which results “very interesting”, he noted. “A small state means fewer taxes, we don’t like public spending either”, he concluded.
The officials’ statements were given within the framework of the “We Are Industry” SME congress, which concluded this Thursday at the complex of Costa Salguero.
The response from industrialists was immediate. The president of the Industrial Union of Rosario, Roman Guajardosaid that “municipal rates are transformed into taxes and Gross Income. In short, The effective tax rate ends up being much higher, because afterwards the regimes have withholdings and perceptions. That directly attacks competitiveness of Argentine industries.”
In any case, for the businessman, the Argentine tax matrix “It is carried out in such a way that it responds to current financing needs. We have to go towards a more progressive tax schemewhere there is no attack against those of us who generate value and employment,” he noted.
For Mauro Gonzalezholder of the General SME Confederationtrying to promote this modification “is going to generate conflict in the provinces.”
“The Government encourages us to fight, but it seems to me that what we are clearly asking for is the reactivation of the economy. Yeah economic activity is not very viable, any productive project is, and that is what worries the most today,” said the businessman.
He said that the General SME Confederation is fighting for the removal of the multilateral agreement, because “many provinces retain you without marketing in them and that generates a totally additional cost.”
Municipal taxes on utility bills: judicial protections
The discussion is tied to the National regulations that prohibits municipalities include local taxes in bills for essential services such as electricity and gas.
The decision affects the collection possibilities of municipalities for financing public services. This is because on the ballots They may only include costs directly linked to the contracted service, prohibiting the inclusion of municipal taxes such as those allocated to public lighting.
It is so that the Electrical Energy Control Agency of the Province of Buenos Aires (Oceba) issued an official statement stating that “provincial regulations enable municipalities to continue charging for these concepts.” In turn, he pointed out that provincial Law 11,769 “regulates the inclusion of foreign concepts in invoicesestablishing compliance with the corresponding precautions.”
At the same time, several Buenos Aires mayors, officials and Governor Axel Kicillof himself expressed rejection of the decree, which could even be the subject of a judicial process.
In that sense, this Tuesday the Justice ruled in favor of the municipality of Moreno, whose mayor, Mariel Fernandezhad presented an amparo requesting that it be declared unconstitutional since “affects municipal autonomy”, governed by the Constitution of the province of Buenos Aires.
The same decision had been made by the municipality of Pilar days ago, led by Federico Achával where the federal judge of Campana, Adrián González Charvayissued a precautionary measure that suspends the application of Resolution 267/2024 of the National Government.
Source: Ambito
