The Government received the UIA at Casa Rosada.
Although from the government and business sector ensured that no mention of unexpected income taxthe secretary of international economic relations Cecilia Todesca Bocco again defended the initiative yesterday in the afternoon before the president of UIA, Daniel Funes de Rioja. It was in a round of press questions at the end of the meeting that the President and part of his cabinet had at the manufacturing plant in Casa Rosada.
“This is a good alternative to put on the table and we need to see if the particular project is ready, it is not against anyonewe are just talking about those companies that have very extraordinary profits associated with the particular price increase situation and, as the minister said, this is a very small group of companies, ”Todesca explained when asked by Clarín with of other media.
The position of the economist of the albertista nucleus, working under the wing of Santiago Cafiero at the Foreign Ministry, is in contrast to that expressed a few minutes before by Funes de Rioja in the Rosada courtyard. There, next to him, the leader of the industrialists maintained that “unexpected profits were not discussed”, but confirmed that “the UIA’s position does not create more taxes“and” concern “about the accumulation of taxes at the national, provincial and municipal levels.
The meeting was called at 4:00 pm in Eva Perón’s room amidst the climate uncertainty after rural tractor in the rejection of a perpetual increase in tax pressure and business signals against the initiative promoted by Martín Guzmán to tax the revenues of companies with revenues of more than $ 1,000 million by 2022, as a result of rising prices caused of the war in Ukraine.
Todesca, who had a singing voice during the meeting, debated the tax with industrialists, who in the last few hours have questioned the supposed existence of 165 taxes in Argentina. “Argentina’s tax burden is lower than the OECD average and more than other countries in the region, but it has to do with the social security and health benefits that exist, ”he said after the conclave.
Guzmán, the chief of staff, Juan Manzur, the minister of Productive Development, Matías Kulfas, and the secretary of strategic activities, Gustavo Béliz, also participated in the meeting. in pink, The Economy Minister did not speak about the fiscal proposal on which his team is working with AFIP and industrialists avoid asking about it. “Why would you put your head in the lion’s mouth?” explanation of one of them.
The axis of the discussion went through the “white paper”, a document with industry proposals to encourage investment, exports and employment through barter, taxes and labor benefits for companies. Funes de Rioja proposed an “immediate incentive” for productive investments and the reduction of social charges for two years to hire young employees through the unemployment fund.
The weather was “good”, they agreed to the government and the business delegation consisting of Miguel Rodríguez, Luis Betnaza, Adrián Kaufmann Brea, Luis Tendlarz, David Uriburu, Isaias Drajer, Carlos Garrera, Juan Matías Furió and Guillermo Moretti. But counterpoints also emergedwhen the industrialists demanded an explanation for quotas of dollars to pay for imports managed by the Central Bank.
After the last change in March that complicated the supply of medicines, traders complained that they could buy fewer kilograms of supplies using dollars authorized by Miguel Pesce in the face of rising inflation. “There are people who no longer have quotas because supplies have been exhausted and in short supply in some sectorsthe problems will be seen in the next three months ”, assured one of the industrialists.
There was also remember the gas supply in the winter amid the renewal of contracts negotiated by large industries in an unfavorable context due to rising energy prices, and agreed to make the table in May with the Productive Development portfolio and the Secretary of Energy to develop a contingency planwho can think of early vacations and scheduled deductions as needed.
“The meeting discussed the problems generated by growth: the growth agenda to invest, pay taxes, be able to import and be able to export. It is very important that we have these meetings and UIA is bringing its proposals, ”Todesca said in a statement released by the President.
Source: Clarin
