05/13/2020 - 10:24
- Clarín.com
- Politics
The national government confirmed on Wednesday that it extended to May the benefits of the Emergency Assistance Program for Work and Production (ATP) so that companies face wages and employer contributions, in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.
This was announced by the head of the AFIP, Mercedes Marcó del Pont : "The extension of the ATP in May is important. We will take as a reference what happened with the billing in April, which must be one of the worst that is memory. It seemed essential to us to extend this aid to preserve jobs, the productive fabric and the income of the population. "
"We know that there are nervous situations because some have not yet received the complementary salary. Next week, more than 2 million workers will be paid . They have to know that those who agreed have an acquired right and that they will collect it", clarified the head of the AFIP in dialogue with Radio 10 .
The official spoke of an "unpublished" program and highlighted the actions of the State. "In a very short time, public policy scaffolding was set up by the AFIP, which is a body used to collecting taxes. It is unpublished. In the worst moments of the 2008 financial crisis, 150,000 Repro were paid to sustain wages, and now we are going to pay a portion of the wage to more than 2 million workers. "
As part of the program, the ATP Evaluation and Monitoring Committee had reported that the benefit of the Complementary Salary will be granted to educational institutions that do not receive subsidies of any kind and that it will assess the situation of health providers who would qualify for access the same benefit.
On the other hand, the head of the AFIP referred to the need to sanction the tax on large fortunes , in this time of crisis. "There is accumulation of wealth in certain sectors, at the highest part of the income pyramid, which account for the need to capture part of those surpluses to redistribute in public policies."
In this sense, he continued: "I think it is a debate that must be given, as the President put it. This tax appears as an extraordinary thing in the face of an extraordinary situation."
Lastly, Marcó del Pont promoted loans at zero rate: "It started with a lot of momentum and now it flattened out. And the truth is that it is an extraordinary instrument, due to its characteristics, because it is guaranteed by the national state. The bank accredits it in 48 hours. They give it to you today and you start paying it after six months . "
"There are more than 1.3 million monotributistas and self-employed. More than 330 thousand have already started the process," he concluded.
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