Earnings: the project advances in Deputies so that workers who earn up to $ 150,000 stop paying

Jasmine Bullorini

03/18/2021 19:04

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Updated 03/18/2021 19:04

With support -

in partial dissent - from the opposition

, Deputies gave an opinion on the project that raises the income tax floor to $ 150,000 for salaried employees and from 6 to 8 minimum salaries for retirees.

The benefit would reach 1,200,000 people and the fiscal cost is estimated at $ 47,569 million.

"It is about returning to the historical level reached by this tax that, due to the rule of salaries and inflation, had been distorted. 25% of the wage earners came to pay it and with this project only 7% will do so," defended the project the president of the Budget Commission, Carlos Heller.

The Juntos por el Cambio bench signed the bill, but raised dissent.

"We accompany in general because it

is better than nothing, but it could have been done in a more consistent way

", advanced the radical Luis Pastori.

The opposition called for the self-employed to be considered;

that the update be made by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) instead of the Average Taxable Remuneration of Stable Workers (RIPTE);

and the repeal of the special deduction for retirees.

The lavagnismo, although it does not integrate the commissions, also announced that it would accompany in general, although with criticism.

"We continue to carry out economic policy as if we had a level of informality with Scandinavian indexes. 50% of private workers are in the black. This modification is a distorting patch," said Jorge Sarghini, and recalled the request of his bench to increase by 50 % family allowances.

The bases of the project:

- Only wage earners who earn more than $ 150,000 and retirees who earn more than 8 minimum wages will pay Income Tax - The floor will be adjusted annually by the variation of the RIPTE.

- The validity is retroactive to January 1 - The bonus is exempt for workers and retirees who receive a salary less than that amount.

- There will be a special deduction for those who charge between $ 150,000 and up to $ 173,000 to avoid "abrupt jumps".

- Maintains the benefit of the "Patagonian zone" and the exclusion of travel expenses and mobility.

- The "concubine" is incorporated into the deduction, as it now applies to "spouses".

- The reimbursement of childcare expenses for children up to 3 years of age will not pay income tax.

- The deduction for disabled children is doubled.

- The exemption in the tax on overtime for health personnel due to the pandemic is extended.