The measure, announced by the Ministers of Labor and Social Security, Pablo Mieres, and Tourism, Tabaré Viera, this Thursday 7, will be applied during 2022 and will reach some 400 companies. In this regard, Viera said that it was agreed to exempt the advances from the tax on income from economic activities (IRAE) and on equity, so that they are taxed once the 2022 financial year is closed.
After the ministerial agreement with the President of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Pou, Mieres reported that yesterday it was resolved that travel agencies and tourist transport companies be exempt from employer contributions during 2022. On this subject, he assured that shortly The corresponding bill will be drafted. The measure will cover approximately 400 companies and will represent a waiver of collection from the Social Security Bank.
For his part, the Minister of Tourism, Tabaré Viera, stated that it was agreed to exempt the advances of taxes from the tax on income from economic activities (IRAE) and on heritage; to be carried out once the 2022 financial year is closed.
According to Viera, this measure was proposed by the chambers linked to the tourism sector, and will generate a good impact for companies, in the understanding that it is a substantive contribution to their activity, which has faced serious difficulties.
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Minister Pablo Mieres was consulted about the agreed measures, among which he highlighted the resolution of the National Council for Safety and Health at Work (Conassat), which establishes the nullification of the labor protocols incorporated in March 2020.
He added that this decision is due to the end of the health emergency since, therefore, the use of masks in workplaces is no longer mandatory, as well as the limitation of space and capacity. This is without prejudice to where it is necessary to continue wearing face masks in order to preserve health.
In this sense, he specified that if a worker is sanctioned for not using the aforementioned protection, an inspection will be carried out and the case will be analyzed, except for companies whose characteristics make its use necessary.
Likewise, he explained that the right of admission that implies wearing a mask in companies is not still in force either. Customers may not be prevented from entering events, shows, shops or shopping malls for not wearing it.
Given the cases in which, after the decree to lift the health emergency came into force, certain people have been prohibited from entering this type of premises for not wearing that protection, he explained that it will take time to adapt to the new reality. He added that “the trend is to return to pre-pandemic normality” and that “customers could not be prevented from entering without a mask.”
In another order, Mieres affirmed that in mid-April the work tables between the Government and public workers unions will be convened to resolve how the lost salary will be recovered and return to pre-pandemic levels. He added that in the private sector there is no news about it.
Regarding the incidence of inflation on real wages, the minister stated that he analyzed the situation with President Luis Lacalle Pou. He stressed that the Government is working on defining how to moderate prices and that there is currently an inflationary push independent of the government’s will. “The commitment to recover the purchasing power of public and private wages is in force,” he said. He recalled that the Government took office with the aim of reducing inflation, but the world “generated an adverse situation that is bound to have an impact.”
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