After voting on a first block of 25 articles in the tax reform project, those that did not have a proposal or that were sought to be eliminated from the text, the third committees of the Senate and House also approved two other blocks. with what 94 articles were approved.
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In the first instance, 26% of the project was approved. The first, those without proposition, were four articles: 7, 28, 60 and 68.
To eliminate there were 21 articles, which corresponded to articles 14, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56 and 66, Among this group were the articles that proposed a rate of Additional 10% for coal, oil and gold exports. And also those who proposed a schedular unification of income.
The second group of articles, as announced by the coordinators and speakers, received more than 1,000 proposals, and for them it was proposed that they be kept as records for the debate in plenary. These items correspond to the following: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25 , 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 43, 44, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 72, 74, 84, 85 and 95 .
Congress.
Mauricio Moreno
The third commission of the Chamber registered 24 votes for the ‘yes’, and zero for the ‘no’, so that the proposals filed, which for now do not have the backing of the Government, remain as records for the debate in plenary. In the third commission of the Senate there were 13 votes for ‘no’, and 1 for ‘yes’.
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Following this, a group of 22 new points was also voted, corresponding to articles 69, 70, 71, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 86, 87, 88 , 89, 90, 91, 92, 93 and 94.
In the third committee of the Chamber all the new articles were approved, with 23 for the ‘yes’ and zero for the ‘no’, while in the third committee of the Senate there were 13 votes for the ‘yes’ and one for the ‘no’ ‘.
Article 22 remained to be voted on independently, while Article 96, corresponding to validity and repeals, is voted last. In particular, this point of the paper received about 100 proposals filed.
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