In the last hours of this December 23rd Coronel Suárez’s advisory council in southwest Buenos Aires approved the tax law by a majority increases the share of the road network by 10%, expands to 94% free availability of tax and sum a 2% tax on fuel sold in the district. The initiative promoted by the ruling party responds to the mayor Ricardo Moccero, In office since 2019 and ally of the governor Axel Kicillof, had It was decided with the double vote of the official president Andrea Acosta: seven yes votes, eight no votes and one abstention.
Earlier this month, producers launched the initiative “an institutional scandal,” because, as they said, “There are no roads” in the game. According to the producers, the advisory council decided to meet at the last minute approve the project.
The initiative was also rejected by the Confederation of Rural Associations of Buenos Aires and La Pampa (Carbap). “We say no to the 2% fuel tax and the 10% surcharge for rural roads. More taxes mean less production and work” they said in the entity.
According to producers present on the Advisory Council, the meeting started late. The city council Alexander Benz (former LLA), now allied with the mayor, gave the quorum necessary for the meeting to take place.
“The rate at Fuel is available in other districtsbut also there is case law from Protection resources approved by the judiciary; and from the surcharge of 10% on the vehicle tax, “The partially executed version and the very poor management are freely available for any purpose,” he explained. Jose Ignacio Ansaldoa local producer.
The producers also focused on a 94% free availability of the rate used for general income and the remaining 6% for health. They said what a road commission achieves is discretionary. The municipal ordinance in force up to that point provided for this 70% of vehicle tax revenue should go to the Road Commission. Today they are paid average $1000 per fee, but with what was approved 2026 this amount will $6,000 in the first quarter, $8,000 in the second, and $9,000 in the third, according to tariff. The vehicle tax increases quarterly.
Ansaldo questioned the tax package and warned that, strictly speaking the effects of the increases The general rates are between 100% and 500%. As already stated, the mayor reintroduced a surcharge that had previously been abolished because it was a surcharge Solidarity phrase charged about vehicle tax and intended for the hospital. It was called the “health rate” and was created during the pandemic. The previous council repealed it, the mayor vetoed it and reconstituted the council he has included it again in the tax ordinance that has just been passed.
He emphasized that the funds from the vehicle tax had no specific intended use. “It is freely available; can be used for any purpose and any goal“He emphasized. Of the 70% of free availability, a collectability of 80% was calculated, which means that in practice 56% is executed. “There is administrative chaos and a huge workforce that continues to grow year after year and is unsustainable.“, held.
Ansaldo questioned that the 2% fuel tax, supposedly intended to be used to improve the city’s road network, is only levied in the capital, Coronel Suárez, and surrounding towns, but in practice is paid by the entire party. In this sense, he warned that cities such as Villa Arcadia, Pasman, Curumalán and Guaminí are not included in the project. “They will not receive any work, but they will pay this price“, he remarked.
Maria José Camina, Manufacturers in the region, noted: “In practice, the mayor has free access to the country road tax. However, the surcharge during the pandemic was accepted “Today it is not possible to see what was invested in when the health emergency was over,” he explained.
For her, the fuel tax means a lot of money in the municipality: “Although the percentage is low, it opens up the possibility for this mayor and with a majority in the council to increase it at will.” They were never able to produce a bill to justify the increases. We know that you are not using the money for the purpose for which it was raised. “The health surcharge has not been levied for a long time.”
Fernan Castilla, A resident in the area added that the increase was “nonsense” and they would not accept it. “He 2% is not an increase, but a Imposition because it didn’t exist. It affects those who have the least: the boy who mows the grass with a strimmer, the Remís and not only the producers but the population in general,” he explained.
He added: “It is a populist measure, or rather a reverse populism, because it affects everyone, as any tax increase does. “They do not understand that they are harming the entire population: even if it is 2%, regardless of the destination or use, any fuel will cost 2% more, at a price for which there is no compensation.”
Despite trying THE NATION, The city government did not respond to a request for comment on the matter.
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