2023-10-03 00:12:00
The Minister of Economy Sergio Massa He anticipated that he will send a bill to Congress before the general elections to create the “Argentine digital currency“which seeks to prevent tax evasion.
“Argentina has more than 40% of the economy in black. If we do not solve that, we are facing a problem and the digitalized economy also breaks pockets of corruption because it is the clearest and toughest limit you can put on it,” Massa said in dialogue with C5N.
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And he advanced: “I am going to send to Congress a law to create digital currency, which has already been implemented in more than 100 countries. Norway and Sweden is the best known model but also Brazil. With Brazil we have a lot of complementary work and we need a common vision.”
Although he did not give further details regarding the operation of the virtual peso, the candidate for president of Unión por la Patria affirmed that the initiative is tied to the new money laundering that is stuck in the legislative headquarters.
“The opposition does not want to vote for it because it is accompanied by the agreement that I signed with the United States government that gives me access to those who have accounts in the United States,” said the head of the Treasury Palace.
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It should be noted that the national official had already revealed the measure during the first presidential debate that took place on Sunday in the Center of Santiago del Estero.
“First we are going to launch the Argentine digital currency. Just as your children raise the possibility of trade with cell phone or card, we are going to do it in a global way in Argentina“, he said in the panel he shared with Javier Milei, Patricia Bullrich, Myriam Bregman and Juan Schiaretti.
And he added: “In addition, a law of Whitening so that those who have money abroad can use it without taxes. AND “prison for evaders and those who flee.”
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