Venado Tuerto, December 4 (NA) -- The city of Venado Tuerto in Santa Fe province unanimously approved in the Deliberative Council a tax reform that will allow for the elimination, simplification, and reduction of more than 150 procedures, fees, and stamps. "This achievement implies a major, serious, and necessary update to modernize the local state, and it was made possible by the surplus we have maintained for six years", indicated Mayor Leonel Chiarella. According to the Argentine News Agency, Chiarella explained the context that allowed for these changes. "For six years we have maintained a surplus, we have ordered the accounts and carried out works as never before in the city's history. Now we eliminate and reduce fees, stamps, and procedures that no longer made sense. When there is no corruption in the state, the resources are sufficient", emphasized the mayor. Meanwhile, the Secretary of Economic Development of Venado Tuerto, Luis Viskovic, detailed the scope of the reform: "The benefits reach more than 3,000 monotributistas (simplified taxpayers); the licensing of businesses and industries; include a reduction in the road tax for producers; a reduction in the general real estate tax for all neighbors; benefits for retirees; elimination of administrative stamps and a strong simplification of procedures". "This project demonstrates the efficiency in the use of public resources and confirms what we have been saying: when there is no corruption in the state, the resources are sufficient", clarified Chiarella, who was the author of this initiative that was approved in the Deliberative Council of Venado Tuerto. The reform is based on three issues: a simplified DRI regime; administrative simplification with eliminated fees and procedures; and a new commercial licensing scheme with benefits for commerce and industry.
