Luis Caputo announced that Banco Nación will close branches in municipalities that “abuse” the rate increases

Luis Caputo announced that Banco Nación will close branches in municipalities that “abuse” the rate increases

Caputo warned this Tuesday that, at the request of the president Javier Milei, The public entity will proceed with the closure of the headquarters located in those areas where the municipalities decide “abuse their neighbors through unjustified increases in municipal rates”which, he said, also “hide in national services.”

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“I have already spoken with the president of Banco Nación, Daniel Tillard“said Caputo. The former head of the Bank of Córdoba During the governorship of Juan Schiaretti he will be in charge of carrying out the measure.

“We are all Argentines making an enormous effort to move the country forwardbut there is still a good part of politics that wants to cling to the model of ‘privileges for few and poverty for many’ of the last 20 years,” continued the head of the Treasury Palace and assured that “the Argentine people voted for a change , and it is our duty to fulfill its mandate.”

Banco Nación will close branches in La Pampa

Last week, the authorities of the Nation Bank took the first step in the plan announced this afternoon by Caputo by ordering the closure of nine branches in The Pampas, which was added to the suppression of zonal management in said province.

It is a series of 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.

The president of the BNA, Daniel Tillard, He 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.”

Through a press release, TillardEdit stated that: “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 (Management) or the branches in the province of La Pampa” .

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.

At the same time, the deputy manager was empowered General People Management already the Deputy General Manager of Branch Network so that they can arrange the fate of the affected agents and the review positions.

After the closing of the Zonal Management of La Pampaarranged last week, now, the branches that remain in the Pampas territory They will become dependent on the Zonal Management of San Luis.

Source: Ambito

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