Finally, the opposition included in the Base Law the chapter that requires “Mr. Tobacco” to pay taxes.

With 82 positive votes, 77 negative votes and 69 absent votes, the Chamber of Deputies finally approved this Tuesday Chapter on Tobacco And the opposition managed to include it in Base law. it forces pablo otero, He became known as “Mr. Tobacco” for paying taxes like his rivals.

“Cigarettes, both domestically produced and imported, will be taxed at the selling price to the consumer, including taxes, at the rate of seventy-three percent (73%), excluding value added tax. “Cigarettes of national or foreign production must be sold in packages or containers under conditions and forms regulated by the national executive branch,” the new addition says in this regard.

He tobacco chapter It was part of the first omnibus bill that the executive originally sent. However, it was removed from the new version, leading to strong criticism from allied sectors.

The original changes proposed this All companies in the region pay the same taxes, This amendment in the current law will harm the person pablo oteroThe owners of Tabacalera Sarandí, who pay less than their competitors since He has an injunction in court against the minimum cigarette tax.

At the end of last week, and within the framework of intensive negotiations to obtain an opinion and start the debate on the BASIS law in the Chamber of Deputies this Monday, an agreement in principle was reached between representatives of the ruling party and the ruling party. dialogue block About this chapter, which, like labor reform, created division.

It was at the request of the Federal Innovation Bloc, composed of representatives from herbal provinces such as Mission, that the entire tobacco tax chapter was once again included in the decision, as it was in the original base law.

“At that time the government thought it was appropriate and then it was removed. Now we want you to put it back exactly the same way with a 73% tax rate. Thus, no one can accuse us of being influenced by the lobby, this is the article that was proposed by the government itself,” he said, referring to the bloc that answers to the governors of Misiones, Río Negro and Salta. did.

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