In just over an hour of debate and taking refuge in the “urgency” of the situation, the Everyone’s Front god green light to the opinion of the bill that establishes a broad tax moratorium, in spite of the Together for Change opposition to validate the articles they consider to be a suit tailored for the businessman Kirchnerist Christopher López.
“Here is a clear case that is that of Cristóbal López and we cannot ignore this and one who has open criminal cases and adheres to the moratorium, free of criminal cases. We are not going to lend ourselves to that, “he said. Stephen Bullrich (Pro-Buenos Aires), justifying the decision of the main opposition interblock to present a minority opinion.
The ruling party, meanwhile, closed ranks and announced its intention to speed up the process of the project. “We want to take him to the venue in the next session due to the urgency that this demands”, affirmed the head of the All Front block, José Mayans (Formosa).
The project was defended by the head of the AFIP, Mercedes Marcó del Pont, who He rejected that the initiative favors someone in particular, but refused to give the data on what is the amount of Oil Combustibles’ debt, de Cristóbal López, in matters of tax on Fuels withheld from customers but not taxed to the Treasury.
“I am not going to talk about cases,” Marcó del Pont apologized when Bullrich asked him for details about the amount of the debt in fuel tax and the game owed by the Kirchner businessman.
The articles questioned by the opposition are draft 11 and 16. The first, qualified as “the Cristóbal López clause” when it was discussed in Deputies last Friday, enables companies that are in bankruptcy to enter the moratorium.
On this point, the radical Silvia Elías de Pérez (Tucumán) took the words of Marcó del Pont, who said that the moratorium seeks “to boost economic activity and the sustainability of jobs,” and asked the official exclude from the scope of the benefit companies accused of defrauding the State.
“Without a limit, don’t you think that the tax amnesty can become economic impunity?” Asked the senator.
“I don’t know why companies go bankrupt; there are no good and bad reasons to stop paying taxes,” replied Marcó del Pont.
In that sense, the head of the AFIP insisted on highlighting that the moratorium is justified in the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic and he assured that “the responsibility of the national State and of a Government that prioritizes production and work is to do everything possible so that these companies can continue operating”.
Payment plans
The project “universalises” the moratorium approved in the public emergency sanctioned by Congress in December, the first law of the government of Alberto Fernández, and set a 48 and 60 installment payment plan for all taxes due through July 31.
The deadline to join will expire on October 30 and the first installment will expire on November 16. During his time as Deputies, some changes were included in the Executive Power project, such as the obligation of companies with capital abroad to repatriate 30% of those funds in order to enter and the reduction of the interest rate from 3 to 2 %.
However, the ruling party defended the so-called “Cristóbal López clause”, which surpassed the required majority in Deputies with just enough. Now, in the Senate, the numbers are looser, so the worst is over for the controversial article.
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