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Finally, the opposition incorporated into the Base Law the chapter that requires “Mr. Tobacco” to pay taxes - Infobae
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Finalmente la oposición incorporó a la Ley Bases el capítulo que obliga al “Señor Tabaco” a pagar impuestos
Fue aprobado en la votación en particular. Recibió 82 votos afirmativos, 77 negativos y 69 abstenciones
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April 30, 2024
It was approved in the particular vote with 82 affirmative votes
Pablo Otero, known as "Mr. Tobacco"
With 82 positive votes, 77 negative votes and 69 abstentions, the Chamber of Deputies finally approved this Tuesday the chapter on tobacco and the opposition managed to incorporate it into the Base Law. This forces Pablo Otero, known as “Mr. Tobacco,” to pay taxes just like his competitors.
“Cigarettes, both domestically produced and imported, will be taxed on the sales price to the consumer, including taxes, except for the value added tax, a tax of seventy-three percent (73%). Cigarettes of national or foreign production must be sold in packages or containers under the conditions and forms regulated by the national Executive Branch,” says the new addition in this regard.
The tobacco chapter was part of the first omnibus bill that the Executive had originally sent. However, it was removed from the new version, generating strong criticism from allied sectors.
The original changes proposed that all companies in the sector pay the same taxes . The loser of this modification to the current law would be Pablo Otero , owner of Tabacalera Sarandí, who pays less than his competitors since he has an injunction against the minimum cigarette tax in court.
The results of the vote on chapter 10 of the Bases Law
At the end of last week, and within the framework of the intense negotiations to obtain an opinion and begin the debate on the Bases Law this Monday in the Chamber of Deputies, an agreement in principle was reached between representatives of the ruling party and the dialogue blocs on this chapter that, like the labor reform, caused divisions.
It was at the request of the Federal Innovation bloc, made up of deputies from herbal provinces such as missions, that the entire tobacco tax chapter was once again included in the ruling, as it was in the original Base Law.
“At the time the Government considered that this was appropriate and then removed it. Now we want you to put it back exactly the same, with a 73% tax rate. Thus, no one can accuse us of being influenced by the lobbies, it is the article that the Government itself had proposed,” they had pointed out from the bloc that responds to the governors of Misiones, Río Negro and Salta.
