Santo Domingo.-The ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) came out to defend “tooth and nail” the tax reform presented by the Government, while the opposition has brought out its “heavy artillery” and tries to extract political capital by describing it as a “package” that directly affects the most needy class.
As arguments to defend the fiscal modernization project, the ruling party proposes that it is a fundamental step to revive the Dominican tax system, so that it is more fair, efficient, competitive and contributes to the economic growth of the country.
In the meantime, businessmen have not been left out of the debate and have expressed different points about the legislative initiative announced last Monday and submitted to the National Congress the following day before the Chamber of Deputies.
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The Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and the Fuerza del Pueblo (FP) try in one way or another to “fish in troubled waters” since on the one hand they agree in saying that the reform is a pending and necessary project, but on the other argue about its scope.
Deligne Ascención, Secretary of Organization of the PRM, as soon as the project was announced, was the first to call on his party colleagues to give full support to the tax reform presented.
The secretary of finance of the PRM and director of Customs, Eduardo Yayo Sanz Lovatón, said that it is the first time that a tax reform proposal with progressive elements has been presented in the country.
Meanwhile, the ad vitam president of that organization and administrative minister, Andrés Bautista, stated that the presentation of the fiscal modernization bill is necessary despite the political cost that it could currently represent.
Opposition
Leonel Fernández, president of the FP and former presidential candidate, in this regard said that the government of Luis Abinader and the PRM has presented a fiscal bombshell and suggested that the Government not delay in convening a dialogue with the economic and social sectors, to listen to their concerns. .
PLD
Two of the main technicians of the PLD, Juan Ariel Jiménez and Zoraima Cuello, have criticized the piece. The first assured yesterday that this tax reform will cost Dominicans between 10% and 20% of their income.
While Cuello questioned the direction he claims the country is taking by simultaneously promoting three fundamental reforms without an adequate consensus process: fiscal, constitutional and labor reforms.
Entrepreneurs
The National Council of Private Enterprise (Conep) reaffirmed its commitment to promoting a broad and constructive dialogue around the Fiscal Modernization Law project presented by the Government.
For its part, the National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (Anje) has expressed, in a statement, that the tax project does not respond to the principles of comprehensiveness, equity and consensus with all sectors that were proposed as the basis of the reform.
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Industrial
The first to react when the reform was announced in La Semanal was the Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic. He said that “by exhaustively analyzing each of the measures, prudence tells us to wait, but at first reading it makes us appreciate a certain anti-industry bias.”
