In the ruling where it was declared institutional, it is indicated that the retroactivity of the tax extends to the last four years.
Ancap returns to the fray for the claim of 30 million dollars to the Montevideo Municipality for the ruling that declared unconstitutional the flammable ratewith retroactivity until the last four years, from which said amount would be reached.
He vice president of Ancap, Diego Durandtold Subrayado that next March there will be a conciliation hearing through Uruguayan Distributor of Fuels SA (Ducsa) where the 30 million dollars were requested. “The documentation was sent to the Municipality, administratively first, while in parallel we began the judicial process,” he explained.
“The ruling that declares the flammable tax unconstitutional states that it must be paid retroactively to the distributors of Ancap four years ago, and that’s 30 million dollars,” he explained.
Regarding the sentence, he stated that it forced the Municipality to repeal the flammable rate, but that the capital government ignored the section referring to retroactive payment.
Likewise, the official indicated that they hope that at the conciliation hearing they can agree on future forms of payment of the amount claimed, as well as “analyze the situation” of the case.
“What we cannot do is charge less than what arises from a sentence of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) which the law grants to Ancap those 30 million dollars,” he asserted.
The technical stoppage at the La Teja refinery continues within the established deadlines
In another order, Durand reported that the technical stoppage of the La Teja refinery continues within the deadlines originally established by the state company.
“We have been following the deadlines, the consortium that has been carrying out the works ends the contract in March,” he said. Durand, who added: “At the end of March there will be the second stage of the start-up and in April there will be the catalytic cracking work and that investment of 30 million dollars, which will be operational approximately in mid-April.”
Source: Ambito
