He government He expressed himself quite dismayed since the time of his campaign with several of the taxes established in the government of Alberto Fernández, especially the country tax that levied up to 15% on imports of all types.
He government modified the country tax in October of this year to 7.5% and plans to end it definitively towards the end of this year. On the other hand, the dollar card will also be eliminated, because they are considered “harmful” to society.
Santiago Bausili, president of the BCRA, mentioned that the taxes currently in place have caused a lot of damage to the national commercial fabric. and the possibility that Argentines can decide on their projects. Along these lines, the official has mentioned that there are no plans to replace these taxes with others.
“The Country Tax for imports, of 7.5% and the ‘card dollar’, of 30%, are not expected to be replaced as they are harmful, distorting and bad taxes”
The elimination of these taxes could cause a decrease in the value of the dollarsince until now the value of that tax was used to calculate based on expenses abroadfor tourist purposes, for example, or the payment of services with reduced amounts, which is the case of digital platforms.
According to the governmentthe state cannot decide or interfere in decisions about how citizens spend their resources, much less whether they intend to travel or shop abroad. In this way, it is expected that trips will gradually become more frequent, but competitiveness will also improve.
With the end of the country tax on December 24, it is expected that the first half of January will experience a wave of imported products. These could generate competitiveness, but also damage the national productive fabric.
The dates
He government plans to eliminate the country tax the day before Christmas and many wonder the reason for this situation, because the president himself has stated that the most important decisions have been made on key dates so that greater social discontent is not experienced.
Last year, the top national official carried out thousands of layoffs and layoffs on the same dates as the end-of-year holidays so that people would not pay too much attention to him. This is because they would have gotten everything for their vacation and were not so aware of the bad news.
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