In order to replace stamp tax

New taxes for gambling venues asked in the City of Buenos Aires

2008-11-20
Reading time 56 seg

"When I was Mayor of the City, we fought for the gambling sector to pay Gross Incomes, but companies obtained judicial statements on their favor. And when we started to boost a special tax for the activity, I was removed. It’s about time the gambling sector started to pay taxes. Among us$ 240.74 million and us$ 361.1 million could be obtained, respectively", assured Aníbal Ibarra, ex-Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires.

His party presented a project that already counts with the signatures of representatives of left parties, Coalición Cívica (Civic Coalition) and Marcelo Meis, a legislator that used to be close to PRO, the political party of Mayor Mauricio Macri.

Nowadays, gambling just collects us$ 51,158,130 a year, due to an agreement signed between the nation and the city. Macri political party says that they are dealing a new agreement to receive us$ 120,372,070 next year, but they did not consider to put a tax yet.

If PRO does not accept the gambling tax, the opposition should add the ruling party in order to approve it. Diego Kravetz, Chief of the ruling party in the congress, answered: "Ibarra and the Coalition know that the gambling business does not pay taxes in the city, because there are judicial statements that say so. They should not do demagoguery. In that case, a better agreement for the City should have to be debated, compared to the one Ibarra had signed.”

Related topics:
Leave your comment
Subscribe to our newsletter
Enter your email to receive the latest news
By entering your email address, you agree to Yogonet's Terms of use and Privacy Policies. You understand Yogonet may use your address to send updates and marketing emails. Use the Unsubscribe link in those emails to opt out at any time.
Unsubscribe
EVENTS CALENDAR