Too long, Concord It was featured in the national media for a fact that hurt us all: being at the top of the poverty rankings. This reality cannot be solved with talk, but with concrete decisions. To achieve this, it is necessary to modernize the state, reduce tax pressure and rely on the private sector as an engine for growth and the creation of real jobs.
In our city, we abolished entertainment rights – a 10% fee charged on the sale of tickets to concerts, plays and cultural events – because they were no longer a tax and had become an obstacle. An obstacle for those who organize trade fairs, for local entrepreneurs and for those who want to invest. The aim of this measure is to make the system more transparent, reduce costs and attract cultural and tourism investments.
The tax transformation is not yet complete. We abolished the 2.7% rate for the food industry, staple food basket establishments, building material suppliers and companies associated with public works with local products. For more than 98% of taxpayers in the general system, tax rates remain between 1.3% and 1.8%. This means real relief for those who create jobs and drive the local economy.
We updated the tariffs by 30% to avoid jumps due to inflation, we maintained discounts for timely payments and we reduced the tariff for public lighting by setting a cap of 13%, in line with the measures promoted by the Governor Rogelio Frigerio. All with the same goal: create predictability, organize finances, modernize the state and end the punishment of those who produce.
But if we want to change the profile ConcordIt is not enough to deregulate and reduce taxes. We also need to open the door to new industries. For this reason, we promote projects related to the knowledge economy, a sector that requires talent, connectivity, stability and simple rules. And to attract them, we grant an exemption from trade tax and general property transfer tax for 5 years, extendable to 10 years.
Concord It has everything it needs to become an emerging pole in Mesopotamia, and these reforms create the conditions for this.
The state should not be a barrier but a bridge. A bridge to private employment, to investments, to innovation. The tax reform we propose reflects this belief: less bureaucracy, more efficiency; fewer obstacles, more production; Less taxes, more work.
We want to build a different identity: a Concord that is gaining importance again, that dares to compete, that believes in itself again. A city where investing is easy and where creating jobs is worthwhile. A city that stops seeing its poverty as fate and begins to see its development as a horizon.
The change has already begun. Economic freedom, the modernization of the state and lower taxes are not an end in themselves, but the way to change the city forever.
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