Revenues: for not raising the floor, in just 2 months, over 100,000 workers started paying this tax

On the basis that between February and April more than 100,000 workers and retirees not included began to have discounts for Income Tax, Sergio Massa returned to the fight and requested in writing that the Minister of Economy, Martín Guzmán, raise the wage “floor” of the tax.

In Economy they have indicated that they will raise the Revenue floor only in July. That decision, as Clarín expected, fell very badly on the unions and in Sergio Massa’s sector, where the head of the House of Deputies reiterated to demand that the salary “floor” be increased today.

Thus, in a new letter sent to Guzmán, with a copy to President Alberto Fernández, Massa said that “according to databases, in February 2022, the number of workers and retirees was” maintained ” in income tax was 742,964 and the said amount increased to 847,878 in April of the current yeara 14% increase in just two months. “

Massa also reminded Guzman, “that next month the complementary annual salary will also be paid” which will lead not only to more workers paying taxes, but also to reaching half the Christmas bonus.

“In this way, we understand that this Government’s policies regarding maintaining the purchasing power of workers and retirees and strengthening the integration of demand and the national internal market will be given sustainability,” the text said. .

The controversy no longer refers to raising the salary “floor” of Earnings -where the Executive Branch is empowered by Congress- but in time to make it effective. Massa wants the increase to be effective now and retroactive until February while Guzmán intends to make it effective in July, then pay half the bonus.

Meanwhile, last year The standard was applied to maintain that only 10% of workers in a dependency relationship pay Earnings.

Economia wants to change this standard and announced that it will apply an index that combines inflation and the evolution of wages, but only in July. .

Meanwhile, due to inflation, parity adjustments and wage increases for “out -of -agreement” workers reached by Earnings again exceeded 10% of the total and began to have Income discounts. And the Government did not use that “delegated power”.

In other words, an automatic update is not established, but that power is granted to the Executive Power. Neither an index has been set – for inflation or wages – but it has been established that the new value of the “floor” should be such that it will ensure that the percentage of exempted workers remains constant.

The fact is that every month more workers, who are not included in Income, start paying taxes.

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