After meeting with the entrepreneurs grouped in the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA)the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, said the government “is not going to do anything” To unbalance the court in favor of any particular sector, although he clarified that they are “in favor of the industry” and anticipated that they seek to lower taxes.
“This government is in favor of industry and private sector. Our team is always open to dialogue and to receive proposals, ”said Caputo, who was accompanied by the Secretary of Productive Coordination of the Nation, Pablo Lavigne, and the Secretary of Finance, Pablo Quirno.
Entrepreneurs received Officials at the headquarters of the Fabril Center of Avenida de Mayo And although it was close to noon, there was no lunch by the minister, who had another commitment. They were for about two hours by reviewing the agenda.
One of the central themes of the meeting was “importance of Lower the Argentine cost“. In that sense, the minister assured the UIA authorities that “The government came to lower taxes, Consequently we also need the effort of the provinces and municipalities to reduce rates and gross income. ”
As Funes de Rioja pointed out to a group of journalists, after the meeting, the Minister of Economy understood the claim of the sector on the subject of equalizing the conditions of local signatures against the competence of the imported. The businessman commented that Caputo told them that the government “is not going to unbalance the court,” as the sector had been asking for.
In the middle of the heat of the debate around the value of the dollar, where some pose to the question of delay, Funes de Rioja pointed out when asked that the answer is “Systemic competitiveness” that for industrialists translates in reducing logistics costs, labor, infrastructure costs, tax and even financial.
Floods to macroeconomics and list of orders
The UIA highlighted the general course of the economysuch as the fiscal balance and the decline in inflation, and pointed out that the new challenge is The recovery of industrial activityafter a 2024 drop of 9.4%. Among other measures, they asked to advance in the return of balances in favor accumulated in national taxes such as the PAIS or VAT tax and eliminate export rights for industrial products.
With the list of orders at the table, the president of the business entity, Daniel Funes de Rioja clarified that “the industry does not want special protection or conditions but equal opportunities to compete in front of a convulsed world in commercial matters. ”
Also from the UIA They asked to boost the project Investment and Employment Promotion Law yy la reduction of the non -salary labor cost. At this last point, they proposed that employer contributions can be on VAT account for the intensive industrial sector in work.
The unfair competition It was another of the issues of the meeting. To avoid this, they asked to use the new anti -dumping scheme and strengthen customs controls to avoid smuggling.
In that sense, andThe president of the UIA pointed out that officials were asked that the Investment Promotion Law for SMEs, which was sent in November last year, this year is approved in ordinary sessions of the Congress. There is a labor chapter that interests entrepreneurs.
And in another aspect, the Fabrile Central expressed the Support for the economic team in their position to reduce the tax burden of the provinces and municipalities. “The Gross Income Tax is a bestiality,” said Funes de Rioja, although he acknowledges that although this tribute must of a comprehensive reform.
Source: Ambito
