The Federal Justice of Reconquest rejected a precautionary measure presented by former soccer player Gabriel Batistutawho considered it unconstitutional that he be required to pay the so-called Solidarity and Extraordinary Contribution of Great Fortunes, approved by Congress to alleviate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Judicial spokesmen reported this Tuesday that the federal judge of Reconquista, Aldo Alurralde, did not allow the presentation of the former scorer of Newell’s Old Boys from Rosario, Boca Juniors, River Plate and Fiorentina from Italy, among other teams, for which now the case went to the Federal Court of Appeals of the Chaco city of Resistencia.
Batistuta presented a precautionary measure before the Contentious-Administrative jurisdiction number 4 of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, which declared itself incompetent and sent it to Reconquista, where he is from and in whose area he owns some 126,000 hectares of land.
According to the former member of the Argentine national team, the solidarity contribution “violates rights, principles and constitutional guarantees and especially the right to property and the guarantee of non-confiscation”for which it violates “the constitutional guarantee of equality in the face of taxes and public charges.”
Judge Alurralde is aware of the property issues of the now businessman, since two months ago he locked up a embargo of almost four million pesos for a debt with the Federal Public Revenue Administration (AFIP).
In total, the collection agency claimed 3,853,341 pesos plus 15% in interest and legal costs for not paying Taxes on Personal Assets Advance 2 and 3 Fiscal Period 2021 and contributions and social contributions.
“The money I made I made elsewhere and playing soccer. I don’t need to start a company to live. If you need to set up a company and program, Argentina is the last place you come,” Batistuta told Fortuna magazine in an interview in July 2011.
