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El Govern aplaza los nuevos impuestos hasta después de la temporada - Diario de Mallorca.
The Government postponed the new taxes until after the season
Reiterate the need to keep "looking for points of contact" with the affected sectors and parliamentary groups
06.03.2013 | 17:09
diariodemallorca.es.Agencias / Palma The Government now ditch the controversial new taxes deferring approval. So, on Monday at a press conference the Minister of Economy and Competitiveness, Joaquin Garcia , and the Minister for Finance and Budget, José Vicente Marí , announced that the application of the law which provides for the introduction of new taxes on packages beverages, the major shops and car rental will be postponed until the end of the tourist season .
Mari has reiterated the need to keep "talking and seeking points of contact" with the affected productive sectors and parliamentary groups. "Should not put up taxes in full tourist season," remarked Marí, which considers not timely implementation of the tax reform law without clear margin items like public deficit which will Baleares this year, which is to be defined by the central government. In addition, the postponement has to do with "the desirability of preserving the economic activity of the productive sectors, "he explained.
The minister insisted that this decision comes after three weeks of "intensive dialogue process" with business and political groups that have demonstrated "a clear willingness" to work with the Government to get the crisis Baleares.
The intent of these meetings has been to " learn in depth and extent the fears and problems detecting these sectors "regarding new taxes that are anticipated in the law of tax measures for the sustainability of the financial system of the community, has said.
For its part, the Government explained businessmen and politicians their forecasts. In this sense, Mari believes that after this dialogue, all "have more evidence on the need to keep adjusting the costs and increase revenues while achieving regional funding modification ".
"The Government considers it preferable to a tax reform in indirect taxation figures before uploading, for example, the section of the income tax because it is a direct income withdrawal of citizenship would have had a massive effect on consumption, "he detailed Mari.
This delay does not mean a withdrawal , the Minister clarified that reported that the processing of the tax measures law back to Parliament in September , and meanwhile the talks with the productive sector and policy will continue.
Mari has stated that when the Government raises a law for approval but has yet provided the several factors you should take into account before the approval of taxes, so that "they have to make decisions when you have all the data on the table. "
He noted that the law of tax measures has a durable , but conditioned its effectiveness since its implementation entails higher income.
For his part, the Minister of Economy and Productivity, Joaquin Garcia , stressed that the implementation of new taxes before the summer could cause problems for the entire productive sector had already committed the tourist season regardless of the new taxes, and could have stopped hiring.
Garcia pointed out the need to position financially Balearic where you currently are, with what has value to data such as consecutive fall in unemployment in the last six months and the increase in Social Security affiliation. However, noted the need to take this data with "caution" as needed "months of positive values" to point to real growth.
For the productive sectors, postponing the processing of the law is "good news" and a "hit", although, as stated by the president of the Association of Catering Mallorca, Pilar Carbonell, insist to the end in the withdrawal of taxes .
Regarding fixing the deficit for Baleares, Mari believes may be determined this month or early July and the community has reiterated that defends the asymmetrical deficit criteria, similar to unequal financing system that has the whole of Spain .
In this sense, Mari has said that "a greater margin of deficit is not no joy" . "What has defended Balearic is good news would not be goals to be set higher than those achieved at the end of last year. Would be a bad sign," he said.
"We do not aspire to a higher deficit but to change the funding system," emphasized the Minister of Finance of the Government.
MAJOR EMPLOYERS PRESSURE
On Friday Diario de Mallorca large employers reported that they intended to take the Government to court if he persisted in his intention to implement these taxes.
The pressure was so great that in early May, the PP even hinted that demean or could get them out.
That same Monday, before the announcement of the Government, the spokesman PSIB, Francina Armengol , said that "the only possible decision is the removal of taxes" , but acknowledged that if this happens it would create "a hole of 115 million to be would add to the 100 million expected by the Roads Convention, of which nothing is known mid-year. "
Meanwhile, the party spokesperson MÉS Barceló Biel , also called for the withdrawal of taxes and stressed that the Government called this press conference without warning, which has caused an "absolute embarrassment" and they have not said "nothing to anyone. "
Recall that the mismatch of the Government and the business sector to the topic cost him under the former vice president Jose Ignacio Aguiló , according to several employers. The biggest controversy was, by far, the related tax on packaging , since it would affect important sectors of the hospitality and large commercial enterprises. Given the tensions created, the Government tried to implement some changes to the initial design and thus alleviate the unpopularity of these taxes, as was the rule milk containers should pay. However, business opposition remained strong, and the Executive and threaten to take him before the courts, were announced campaigns to make citizens more aware of the impact that taxes have on their pockets.
On Friday the Government spokesman, Núria Riera , said that negotiating new taxes with affected sectors was not pending the deficit target set to finally Baleares, so that prolonged talks will only meet of "consensus".
On Monday, the Government announced that the decision to postpone the new tax was adopted after meeting with the various business sectors and parliamentary groups , and after they were apuntasen entrepreneurs, among other things, that the implementation of these taxes were not collected in the prices they had for this season.
