The workers’ union union (use) denounced that The DIAN is charging Ecopetrol an initial payment of $ 9.4 billion for the VAT concept, set at 19%, for gasoline that the oil company imported to supply the country between 2022 and 2024.
Through a statement published on its social networks, the union said This payment corresponds $ 6.1 billion to Ecopetrol, $ 1 billion for the Cartagena Refinery and another $ 2.3 billion in interest.
He also indicated that Dian would be looking for Ascend this value to $ 21 billion If the measures extend to the import of the ACPM.
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“Those collections represent for Ecopetrol assume an individual tax reform, They compromise their financial stability, and put the most important company in Colombians at risk, ”said César Loza Arenas, president of the use.
He also accused the DIAN of seizing the Ecopetrol box through these measures they say are issued to square The country’s fiscal accounts in the middle of the low collection that has been affected since 2024.
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“The collecting entity, being an administrative direction, is usurping the functions of Congressbecause the Political Constitution establishes that it is Congress that defines taxes, its rates and the basis of its calculation. While the Ministry of Mines and Energy determines the entry to the producer or importer using the fuel pricing formula that is in force, ”said the union.
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And invited the Dian to reconsider this decision: “In the same way we ask Ecopetrol to file all legal actions to avoid this negative impact on the most important company’s finances in the country.”
Why would Dian charge 19% of VAT to imported gasoline and what are the implications?
For Julio César Vera, sector analyst and president of the Xua Energy Foundation, it would be happening is that the DIAN indicates that When it comes to imported gasoline, which is 47% of national demand, VAT to pay is 19% and not 5%, which according to them are defined for national production gasoline.
“This is an interpretation that sounds a bit disproportionate, which goes against the country of fuels as such, or to the final consumers of the product, ”said Vera.
He considered that if Ecopetrol had to pay those $ 9.4 billion that the DIAN claims would mean a substantial effect on the company’s box and would imply having to stop a large number of investments and projects to be able to meet said obligation.
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He added that this would end up generating an important realization on the production and operational results of the company, which since the second quarter have been strongly impacted by the fall in international oil prices.
Now, for the analyst, in addition to these effects, it would probably at some point be the users who use gasoline who would have to pay this cost overrun And this would mean an overpric of almost $ 850 per gallon for five years to cover this amount.
“The above, not counting the effects that this measure would have if at the same time the diesel is added, which ends up affecting the legal certainty of the country, the investment confidence and would surely have an important effect at the level of the share value of the most important company of Colombians,” Vera said.
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