Nación established that gas distributors “must refrain from incorporating any concept into billing” unless they meet a series of requirements.
The regulations, signed by the head of ENARGAS, Carlos Casares, explain that “the gas system cannot become a tangential financing channel for municipalities or provinces,” in line with what was proposed by the libertarian Government.
Just as it had already done with electrical energy, The national government extended the prohibition so that municipalities include local taxes and perceptions in service bills. Now the National Gas Regulatory Entity (ENARGAS) joined in, revoking a resolution that authorized it.
The bid between the Nation, led by the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, and the mayors have been escalating for weeks, when the official warned of prohibiting the collection of fees that municipalities use to keep their coffers standing, and made it official with resolution 2024-267, today reinforced by the new norm.
In this framework, through Resolution 625/24, a 2018 rule that regulated gas billing codes was annulled. Now, Gas distributors “must refrain from incorporating any concept into billing” unless they meet a series of requirements.
The regulations, signed by the head of ENARGAS, Carlos Casares, explain that “the gas system cannot become a tangential financing channel for municipalities or provinces,” in line with what was proposed by the libertarian Government.
In this way, provinces and municipalities throughout the country will no longer be able to include their own taxes in gas or electricity bills. The only exception will be in those cases in which said tax has some direct relationship with the public service in question.
It should be noted that, in this crusade, the Government redoubled its bet against the mayors and also established that service stations in jurisdictions that include extra charges on fuel prices must inform consumers.
Source: Ambito
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