The Upper House approved the request unanimously and now needs an initiative for tax exemption.
The Senate Chamber unanimously approved a request addressed to the Executive power so that it sends to Parliament a bill that exempts from Specific Internal Tax (Imesi) to packaging mineral or mineralized bottled water of 5 liters or more.
Today, the Senate approved the communication minutes intended for the Executive Branch by 23 votes of the 23 legislators present, for the purpose of considering an initiative that allows eliminating this taxoriginally intended for luxury goods, family table water.
The senator and presidential candidate for the National Party (PN), Jorge Gandinipromoter of the request, assured this Wednesday at a press conference that Imesi is a tax that “applies to luxury goods or goods that are not intended to be promoted,” such as alcoholic beverages or cigarettes.
“Incredibly it applies to mineral water“, remarked the nationalist legislator, who added: “It may be that mineral water, long ago, was a luxury good, today it is not, especially not in these containers of five liters or more that are part of family consumption.” .
Gandini maintained that it “may be” reasonable to maintain it for small containers, but that it should be exempted, as was done during the water crisis due to water deficit to packaging for family use.
“It’s more than 3 pesos per liter”
In that sense, Gandini explained that the Imesi exemption means savings for families, since we are talking about “more than 3 pesos per liter” that in large containers “begins to exert force.”
“In a house of 3 or 4 people, a container of 5 or 6 liters goes away per day,” added the white senator and explained that both in the Finance Commission as in the Senate the communication was unanimously approved. “It means telling the Executive Branch, send a proposal that we are willing to vote on it, it is a signal,” she pointed out.
Source: Ambito
