[Politics] Tax: the taxes with which Petro says he will seek "social peace"

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After two days of discussion, the plenary sessions of the Chamber and Senate yesterday approved the tax reform of the government of Gustavo Petro for some 20 billion pesos by 2023, the most ambitious goal in history. What follows is the conciliation of both texts –which are different– so that the project can pass presidential sanction and become a law of the Republic.

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“This reform is a great contribution to the change that the National Government intends to forcefully advance. Two elements are combined: guaranteeing that we have a solid fiscal policy and the additional resources to be able to promote social peace,” assured the Minister of Finance, José Antonio Ocampo, who said that the money obtained will go to issues of peace, education, health, housing and aqueduct, among others.

(Also read: Gustavo Petro celebrates approval of tax reform: 'Excellent job')

The President also celebrated the approval of the reform and congratulated through his Twitter account both Ocampo and the director of the Dian, Luis Carlos Reyes, as one of the architects of the success of the project.

The Government filed the initiative on August 8, one day after the President's inauguration, and thanks to his urgent message, it had an abbreviated procedure: a first approval in the economic commissions and a second – yesterday's – in the plenary sessions. of House and Senate.

In these almost three months of discussion with different political actors, businessmen and civil society, among others, 5 billion pesos fell from the initial goal of 25 billion pesos. Issues such as the pension tax, the celebration of VAT-free days, border gasoline subsidies or the tax on oil, coal and gold exports also fell by the wayside.

https://www.eltiempo.com/economia/sectores/impuestos-que-trae-la-reforma-tributaria-de-20-billones-de-pesos-aprobada-715079