Tomorrow The road tax, called “urban mobility” in Neuquén, begins to be charged. the new tax seeks to support the price of the bus ticket from the elimination of funds for the interior of the country. This was reported to BLACK RIVER RADIO the Secretary of Finance, Resources and Citizen Protection of the Municipality, Fernando Schpoliansky. He indicated that It is added to two national taxes that are charged on the value of the liter and it will be a sum approximately 24 pesos per unit.
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It is a “unfriendly rate”, Schpoliansky said. The new tax that seekskeep the price of the urban bus ticket will be contemplated in the price per liter. «It is 4.5% of net value and is approximately 24 or 26 pesos”, so in An average 50 liter tank would be around 1200 pesos more.
The finance secretary announced that Payment will begin tomorrow. Everything arises “from the elimination of Transportation Compensation Fund for the entire interior of the countrya unilateral decision of the National government that was applied in December and that “It left us without these funds that corresponded to the city to sustain the public transportation system.”Schpoliansky recalled.
The official assured that “all municipal governments, since the elimination of the fund, are looking for alternative sources of financing» and that this rate arose «because in the province of Buenos Aires there are 18 municipalities that are charging it«.
«In the city of Neuquén the ticket is 759 pesosbut because it is strongly supported by the municipal state, otherwise the rate today would be 2,400 pesos”he assured.
Schpoliansky guaranteed that “it is a provisional measure and of course if the national government decides the restitution of the compensation fund for the interior, would cease to be right in itself.
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The parkers had been warned of this fee and the vending chamber spoke out against it. However, the Secretary of Finance indicated that “it is a municipal ordinance, they have to apply it because if they are not subject to sanctions.
«Lthe service stations of all country They charge two national taxes on the value of the liter of fuel: on liquid fuels and the carbon dioxide tax.. The Nation collects them in all cities, but “stopped sharing them with the provinces and therefore with the municipalities”, mentioned the Secretary of Finance. «Now then they must also collect the municipal urban mobility rate.”he added.
Schpoliansky reported that the rate will be included in the price of the liter and that the parkers must present a sworn declaration with the number of liters sold. “He 4.5% have to come to the municipality»explained and commented that “there will be cross checks also with the national secretary of Energy«.
He indicated that currently service stations They do not discriminate the tax part of the cost, “so It will depend on each of the service stations and their operating systems,” he said. «With national taxes They are not doing it so I understand that they are not going to do it with the rate either.“, He suggested.
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Schpoliansky assured that Mayor Mariano Gaido “seeks to regionalize the road tax”. «If it is not implemented in nearby neighboring cities, it may become a measure of unfair and inequitable competition between service stations,” he said.
“Most of the deliberative councils of the province have already approved it,” guaranteed. He indicated that “in the case of Centenario or Plottier, they have it approved. Cutral Co that begins to implement it next week, also Villa Pehuenia»he guaranteed.
He commented that on the Rio Negro side, «Cipolletti has it approved«. “There has been contact with all the mayors of the region, precisely to give it this regional character that a cup of these characteristics has,” he concluded.
