He Government of the City of Buenos Aires announced the submission of the project of Simplification Actwith the aim of eliminate paperwork and requirements for merchants in Buenos Aires. The same plan foresees the elimination 10 diligence and modify more than 35which implies the reform of 106 articles of different standards.
“Now it will be possible to open a business with a much easier and more direct procedure, without intermediaries and without obstacles, just a click away and in just 15 minutes,” explained the Head of Government, Jorge Macri i, on the project. The affected procedures include from qualificationsuntil the digitalization and Requirements modernization.
Jorge Macri announced a bill for merchants in CABA
According to details from the Buenos Aires government, the text of the Simplification Act It seeks to eliminate more than 10 procedures and simplify more than 35, which implies the legislative modification of 106 articles of different regulations. These include: simplifications of authorizations, optimization of costs and requirements of different procedures, digitalization, modernization of requirements and also the elimination of records.
Regarding the project, the Head of Government of Buenos Aires explained: “For example, to begin the process of enabling a business, it will be enough to upload the documents on a website. and it will not be necessary to hire a managerWe want merchants to focus on their business, which is what is important. Because if they grow, the City grows too.”.
The Macri administration stated that the Simplification Law, which will be sent to the Legislature, was worked on jointly with the legislators and will facilitate the administrative procedures “of more than 130 thousand commercial premises” which would mean savings for those who undertake and generate work in the City of “more than 70 billion pesos.”
In detail, the CABA government He assured that the legislation provides that a commercial premises of less than 500 m2 can be enabled, which represents the 70% of the City’s businesses, in just 15 minutes. Currently, as detailed, the process takes more than 20 days and about a few $250,000 to hire a professional, such as an architect or engineer.
In this line, the Minister of Economic Development, Roberto Garcia Moritanhe stressed: “We are eliminating bureaucratic barriers that often slow down the opening of premises and make them more expensive costs for those who want to invest in the City“
In addition, according to the Buenos Aires administration, the project introduces the possibility of Renewing business licenses by affidavitand applies to high-impact sectors such as service stations, cultural centers and theaters, as long as there are no modifications to the original conditions of the license. It is also sought incorporate specific improvements For sectors such as the hotel industry, installing digitalization of the information via QR codes and eliminate the obligation to keep printed brochures in the rooms.
Co-participation: the dispute between the Nation and the City continues
The head of the Buenos Aires government and the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputowere again summoned by the Supreme Court of Justice for next Wednesday, September 18. The objective is to reach an agreement for the co-participation of the city of Buenos Aires.
Despite the insistence of City, There are still differences with the Government on the form of payment of the 2.95% of resources that correspond to the Buenos Aires district, according to the injunction of the Court which established this in December 2022. “The good thing is that Nation and City will go with a proposal for a definitive agreement to the Court to close the issue once and for all. This is good because the Court generally expects that problems generated by politics will be resolved by politics and not the other way around. So what could not be resolved in previous administrations we can resolve now.“, Macri had assured during an interview after the last meeting he had with Caputo.
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During the last hearing, which did not include the participation of the Minister of Economy, Macri said that the parties were unable to reach an agreement. “There are several discussions. The Nation decided, starting in the first week of August, to start paying in a discretionary manner. For us, that is not complying with the Court’s ruling,” explained the Head of Government.
Along these lines, Macri also emphasized that the highest court He ordered the Nation to pay “the 2.95 per drip” and stated that, at present, “That is not being fulfilled“. The resolution of the highest court of Justice set a percentage of 2.95% which should be accrued from automatically while the substance of the matter was being decided. That transfer was never carried out during the last year of Alberto Fernández’s administration, and the situation was not modified with the arrival of Javier Milei at the Government House.
Source: Ambito
