Patricia Ariza, the appointed Minister of Culture of the Petro government, proposed the creation of a 4% tax on cell phone plans of more than 38,000 pesos.
His idea came during the historic covenant convention in Medellin.
(See: The OECD postpones application of tax to multinationals).
“We propose the expansion of the taxable base for the national consumption tax on mobile telephony, which would leverage a bill that allows the collection of the national mobile telephony consumption tax to be reduced from 3 UVT to 1 UVTAriza said.
“This collection is a fundamental source of financing for the culture sector and has been declining, as private operators increasingly offer fewer plans that exceed 3 UVT”, he added.
(See: Luis Carlos Reyes, the director of the Dian appointed by Gustavo Petro).
As Ariza explained in his proposal, telephony produces an “impressive” capital, referring to a support of telephony to culture swould be “important”.
“And not only from telephony, hopefully outside of all institutions because culture is transversal to the whole”, closed the designated minister.
(See: Gustavo Petro gave details of what his tax reform would be).
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