For the opposition legislator, the benefit “It is not focused on those who need it most”. The reduction will be aimed at IRPF and IASS taxpayers with lower incomes, but even so they represent “a quarter or 30% of the population.” In this sense, Bergara pointed out: “For the 70% of the Uruguayan population, who are the ones with the best income, there is absolutely no tax relief.”
For Bergara, the announcement was made in an “electoral political key”
“We would have done something different, the order of magnitude is disappointing for the expectation that was generated,” said the person who is emerging as one of the main candidates for the FA inmate, who also has on the map Caroline Cosse, Yamandu Orsi and Andres Lima.
Bergara maintained that the measure “clearly conforms to the electoral political key” and emphasized that the fact that he is going to vote in favor “definitely does not imply” that it is a substantial measure.
“It is of a very insignificant dimension for the expectation,” he closed. Minutes after the speech, the parliamentarian had already described the announcement as “modest”. “We are talking about 40 million dollarsit is not a very significant thing, but it is in the correct address”.
“That same resignation could turn to a VAT reduction or to return VAT points electronically, which would benefit all Uruguayans”, he stated this Friday.
Regarding the speech in general, he acknowledged: “We accompany some of the measures and issues that were raised: the same increase, beyond this discussion, the reduction of taxes for MSMEs, for example, which is also very modest ”.
Later, he added: “There are a lot of issues that were raised, feedback in many areas, that we even some of us applaud”.
Source: Ambito
