Last week, through resolution 3/2023 of the Ministry of Transportation published in the Official Gazette, the the new airport tax that increases the value of plane tickets. Faced with this situation, national deputies from Together for Change, headed by Germana Figueroa Housespresented a bill to repeal this fee.
The JxC interblock named this new tax as the “Miilei rate”, as a chicana: in the session in Deputies that discussed the 2023 Budget, the deputy Javier Miley He did not stay on his bench for the vote in particular and thus enabled the ruling party to impose the Aviation Safety Tax by just one vote difference -120 affirmative once morest 121 negative.
Figueroa Casas, who is also a specialist in public finances, indicated: “What is relevant is not the amount of the increase that does not exceed 260 pesosbut the State continues to add new taxes that affect citizens and it does so by creating double taxation. We live in a large country, we should encourage air transport instead of making it more expensive.”
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“The incorporation of article 115 (in the 2023 Budget Law) generated the existence of two security rates, something that might be questioned in court. There is no difference between the security fee charged by the ANAC (National Civil Aviation Administration), which was renamed ‘operational security’, and the new aviation security fee charged by the PSA (Airport Security Police). The result is that a double tax is charged on the same service: guaranteeing passenger safety”, he specified.
The opposition legislator from Santa Fe concluded: “It is essential that as a State we guarantee an orderly system of taxes, rates and contributions, without surprises, that respect current law and give citizens predictability to schedule their economic life with stability.”
The fundamentals of the repeal project
The JxC deputies consider that “it is one of the most unfair rates that has been created in recent times”, while they said in the letter that the creation of new taxes and rates “directly or indirectly affect all citizens”.
Due to taxes, fees and perceptions, Argentina is the most expensive Latin American country to get a plane ticket
Those who signed the project were the national deputies Ricardo López Murphy, Silvia Lospenato, María Eugenia Vidal, Eduardo Tortoriello, Sabrina Ajmechet, Federico Angelini, María Sotolano, Gabriel Chumpitaz, Florencia Klipauka Lewtak, Graciela Ocaña, Ana Clara Romero, Juan Martín, Dolores Martínez , María de las Mercedes Joury, Virginia Cornejo, Pablo Torello, Claudio Poggi, Susana Laciar, Gabriela Besana, María Laura Machado, Alejandro Finochiaro, Soher El Sukaria, Francisco Sánchez, Ingrid Jetter, Alberto Asseff and María Luján Rey.
Stolbizer responded to criticism of the airport tax: “If I knew regarding the number, I would not have left”
In October, when the 2023 Budget was approved, the deputy Daisy Stolbizer He revealed why he withdrew from the precinct in the middle of the vote and responded to the criticism that a new tax on plane tickets was approved for having left his bank.
The Aviation Security Fee he got in through the window in the closing of the discussion of the budget in commissions, a step prior to being debated in the lower house.
In Together for Change there was criticism of the deputies who left their bench in the middle of the discussion, focused mostly on libertarians Javier Miley, victoria villarruel y Carolina Píparo. However, the legislator Marcela Campagnoli He also stated that his coalition partner, Margarita Stolbizer, had left her place on the premises, making it easier for the ruling party to approve the tax. The vote was a close 121 to 120.
“The “Milei Tax” has just been created, a new tax on air tickets that Argentines pay for each plane ticket. We lost the vote 120 to 121 of the ruling party. If @JMilei had been on his bench, it would not have been created. Not all are speeches, you also have to vote,” Campagnoli accused in his Twitter account. Twitterr. Previously, he had mentioned Píparo, Villarruel and Stolbizer.
In dialogue with PROFILE, the member of Encuentro Federal gave her reasons and alleged that she had made a wrong calculation. “My only explanation is how inhumane it is to hold sessions like that. There is no political explanation. It was an error on my part because I did not have the calculation of that minimum differenceStolbizer acknowledged.
“I was really exhausted because I had arrived from a trip and had 2 days without sleep. But if I knew regarding the number I would not have left“, the deputy expanded.
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