The ARCA will work in conjunction with the General Directorates of Taxes and Customswhich will remain under the orbit of the Ministry of Economy. Furthermore, it was announced that Andrés Gerardo Vázquez will take control of the DGI and José Andrés Velis of the DGA.
In turn, they were reduced to 45% for higher positions and 31% for lower positions, which meant the loss of 34% of the structure and will generate a annual savings of $6.4 billion.
For the moment, the Government has not specified what will happen with the collection of taxes or with the monotribute after the closure of the collection agency, but It is expected that they will be managed and collected through ARCA, which will absorb the main functions of the AFIP.
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“The creation of ARCA aims the reduction of the State, the elimination of unnecessary charges, the professionalization of the entity, the destruction of corrupt circuits, and the improvement in the efficiency of customs collection and control.”they pointed out from the Executive branch in a statement.
The new state entity will be in charge of Florence Misrahiwho until this Monday held the position of head of the AFIP.
With this decision, Higher positions are reduced by 45% and lower positions by 31%. In total, 34% of the public positions in the structure will be eliminated.
On the other hand, the high ranks will stop perceiving the “ranking account”for which the head of the organization received a salary of $32 million and the directors received $17 million per month, and They will start collecting salaries of ministerswhich is around four million pesos.
In turn, 3,155 employees who entered the AFIP during the last administration “irregularly” They will be relocated and made available.
According to the spokesperson, this new structure would generate a budget savings of $6.4 billion annually.
Source: Ambito
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