He Nation Bank decided to proceed to closure of nine branches in La Pampawhich is added to the measure taken days ago of close the Zonal Management of that province. It is about resolutions of the Board of Directors that are based on the decision of the Pampas government to raise the rate of the Gross Income Tax to 15.5% that taxes the credits to the families and SMEs, the entity indicated in a statement.
It is worth remembering that the government of La Pampa promulgated Provincial Law No. 3575, in which it established the doubling of the tax from 1/9/2024 about credits that disburses the Banco Nación in that province.
Banco Nación: which are the branches that closed in The Pampa
For this reason, the cessation of activities in the branches of Bernasconi, Colonia Barón, Eduardo Castex, General Acha, Guatrache, Engineer Luiggi, Mayor Alvear, Winifreda and Victorica.
At the same time, the entity empowered the General Deputy Manager of People Management and the General Deputy Manager of the Branch Network to arrange the destination of the affected agents and magazine positions.
The branches that remain in the Pampas territory will become dependent on the Zonal Management of San Luis.
The president of the BNA, Daniel Tillard, insisted that “The incidence of local taxes doubles the expense on the staff’s payroll, which ends up being an imposition on the territorial presence.”
“We want to make it clear that these taxes do not tax Banco Nación, but rather end up being a tax on credits. For this reason, we resolved not to maintain either our Zonal or the aforementioned branches in the province of La Pampa,” he added.
The increase in provincial and municipal tax pressure
Banks and companies denounce that to the extent that the national government shows signs of reducing taxes, the local treasuries are trying to occupy the space.
Such is the case of the province of Buenos Aires in which several comunas began to apply taxes on fuel sales or have transformed the Safety and Hygiene tax (TISH) in a true tax because they are not applying it based on the service they provide, but as a percentage of the billing, something that they are not authorized to do as indicated in the Organic Charter of the Municipalities, which is the “constitution” of the communes.
In the Buenos Aires territory the conflict is installed with the large supermarket chains whose TISH rate was increased, as is the case of Lanús, which took it to 6%. lThe companies put up signs warning consumers that they were going to pay more for the products because they transferred a new cost to the prices.
The counterpart of the measure of the commune of Lanús It was an elimination of the tax on small businesses and supermarkets in the district.
But if we take into account the This year’s numbers and those that the government foresees for 2025 in the budget, the reality is that the Nation does not plan to reduce the fiscal pressure, furthermore, it can eliminate some tax, such as the PAIS Tax, or reduce the rate of the other. Globally, it even plans to rise a few tenths.
According to Budget 2025, the pressure tax rate would go from 22.37% of GDP in 2024 to 22.92% in 2025. El Income Tax paid by workers, which is co-shareable and reaches the provinces, will go from 4.42% of GDP in 2024 to 5.05% in 2025.
Union conflict at the door
According to local media reports, the measure affects 79 employees who, in principle, would have to be relocated by the bank to other offices or branches. The problem is that in small towns within a province there is usually only one branch to serve a region. In addition, they live in that town, so moving is not feasible unless they can move with their entire family. Otherwise, they would only be fired.
The leaders of the La Pampa Banking Association are trying to find a solution. “When the measure was known, The entity’s staff in Santa Rosa held an urgent meeting to determine the steps to follow. No personnel layoffs have yet been notified,” Diario de La Pampa reported.
The Pampas government considers that it is a “punishment” from the national government that wants to privatize the entity. “More than 5 months ago we signed in defense of the workers of Banco Nación, because we knew what was coming. They close the management of the province, now they announce the closure of more branches in the towns,” lamented the Government Minister, Pascual Fernández,
Source: Ambito
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