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Chilean President abandons his fiscal reform and presents new proposal

Chilean President abandons his fiscal reform and presents new proposal
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August 2|

Chilean President Gabriel Boric said on Tuesday that his government will not insist on a rejected tax reform bill and will promote new initiatives to raise the necessary funds to address some of its promised social proposals.

In June, the leftist ruler had said that his government would insist at the end of July in the Senate to resume the legislative processing of the tax adjustment.

Through a new Fiscal Pact, Boric said that the spending proposals involve resources for 8,000 million dollars to finance programs such as the Universal Guaranteed Pension to improve the lowest pensions, reduction of waiting lists in health, as well as greater investment in citizen security.

“This proposal considers the contribution made by growth, the reform of the state, the strengthening of tax oversight and taxes paid by the higher income sectors to be able to finance in this way the social expenses that are urgent,” he said in a televised speech.

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“We are not going to insist in the Senate with the bill that was previously rejected”, he added.

Boric did not specify deadlines for the delivery and processing of the initiatives, or how much the total collection is expected to be.

The government’s new proposal will be divided into two projects, one to improve tax compliance and the other to adjust income tax focused on those with greater resources.

“This initiative will also include tax incentives for investment, productivity and formalization, as well as benefits for the middle class and a new regime for smaller companies,” he said.

He specified that the tax incentives would be equivalent to 0.5 points of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

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The first project includes measures that seek to increase tax collection through legal modifications that do not imply a tax increase, which would increase tax collection by 1.5% of the GDP in net terms, according to a government minute.

Meanwhile, the second will be focused on income tax for both companies and individuals and will include incentives for investment, productivity and formalization, as well as benefits for the middle class and the new tax regime for smaller companies, which would have a fiscal cost of 0.5% of GDP.

At the investment level, tax incentives such as semi-instantaneous depreciation and a tax credit fund for investments with a multiplier effect on activity, employment and environmental sustainability are proposed.

It also commits to reduce by 30% the processing time for mining projects, according to the minutes.

Additionally, the plan includes five priority areas of productive diversification that by 2026 foresees three or four new lithium projects, two thirds of the energy matrix with renewable sources, 10-12 projects in the development of green hydrogen and an increase in the digital economy.

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The original tax reform bill was rejected in March by the deputies and the government could only insist on its passage through the Senate.

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