On Monday, Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner received the United States Ambassador, Marc Stanley, in her congressional office on Monday, asking him for “his country’s collaboration with the bill presented today by senators from the Front of All to create a National Fund for the cancellation of the debt with the IMF, with resources recovered abroad from laundering and evasion”.
Fernández de Kirchner released the information on his Twitter account. “I received in the Senate Marc R. Stanley, ambassador of the United States. CWe talked about different topics of common interest: money laundering, human trafficking and human rights”reported the former president.
“Furthermore,” he added, “I requested your country’s collaboration with the bill presented today by the senators of the Front of All to create a National Fund for the cancellation of the debt with the IMF, with resources recovered abroad from money laundering and evasion.”
I received in the @SenateArgentina to Marc R. Stanley, Ambassador of the United States. We talked about different topics of common interest: money laundering, human trafficking and human rights. pic.twitter.com/KywCkXGqlN
– Cristina Kirchner (@CFKArgentina) March 28, 2022
The senators of the Frente de Todos presented a bill that proposes creating a “National Fund for the cancellation of the debt with the IMF”, so that those who have assets abroad “that were escaped and have not been declared before the treasury, a special emergency contribution.
The initiative, presented after the government signed the agreement with the multilateral credit organization to modify the repayment terms of the credit of more than 44 billion dollars acquired during the government of former president Mauricio Macri, received public support from Casa Rosada.
According to the document released on Monday, the contribution “will not represent a new tax burden for the majority of Argentines and Argentines, since it will only be up to those who have assets abroad, are evading taxes or laundering money.
Those affected must make a contribution of 20% of their undeclared assets, which must be paid in dollars.
The project indicates that “in the case of declaring the goods after six months of the entry into force of the law, the rate will rise to 35%”, and adds that Those who do not comply with the payment of this contribution “run the risk of being sentenced to prisonas stipulated by current law.
