Jasmine Bullorini
07/08/2020 - 9:25
- Clarín.com
- Politics
The Chamber of Deputies began to debate in Deputies an Emergency Law for the sector. The official initiative, promoted by the minister of that area, Matías Lammens , foresees the creation of a state-financed program by which the Government returns 50% of each expenditure on tourism to use only for the consumption of another tourist activity. in the country. The Executive plans in this way to inject around $ 15 billion.
If approved, the system would be like this: if a person buys a package of $ 100 thousand to travel, for example, to the Iguazú Falls, they will receive a card -type voucher- from the Banco Nación loaded with $ 50 thousand that will be able to be used only in other expenses of hotels, gastronomy, tickets, or travel agency within the country, throughout 2021.
"This is a plan for the day after, for the reactivation . There are already tax benefits in progress, which will continue, progress is being made with the extension of the moratorium that will include the sector and the ATP continues. For this reason, this program aims to promote activity itself, "they highlighted from the surroundings of Lammens.
In turn, to help tourism ventures that receive amounts of claims for suspended services, the official proposal proposes three options:
1- The reprogramming of the contracted services, respecting the seasonality, quality and agreed values, within a period of 18 months after the lifting of the restrictive measures.
2- The delivery of service vouchers to be used up to 18 months later, with the possibility of transferring to third parties.
3- The reimbursement of services in 3 equal, monthly and consecutive installments from the request for reimbursement.
The Together for Change caucus presented its own project, headed by the president of the Tourism commission, Alfredo Cornejo. According to this text, tourism companies will be exempt from tax on bank credits and debits; the payment of advances or payments on account of Income tax; and withholdings and perceptions linked to both Earnings and VAT, corresponding to fiscal year 2020.
In addition, it establishes that during the tourist emergency, fiscal execution processes cannot be promoted.
On the other hand, it fixes the reprogramming of the tourist services or contracted products, so that they can be used in a period of no more than 18 months than expected, and in the case of reimbursement, sets a period of six months for the company from the moment it received the request.