Quito, Nov 2 (EFE) .- The Legislative Administration Council (CAL) appointed this Tuesday the commissions that will process the proforma 2022 and the urgent economic project on tax issues sent for study by the Head of State, Guillermo Lasso.
In the CAL session, knowledge of the 2022 Budget Proforma and the 2022-2025 Quadrennial Budget Program, presented by the Executive, were advocated.
The Commission for the Economic and Tax Regime and its Regulation and Control was appointed to carry out the respective procedure in accordance with the Organic Law of the Legislative Function (LOFL).
In addition, the CAL qualified for processing the draft Organic Law for Economic Development and Fiscal Sustainability after the covid-19 pandemic, presented by Lasso urgently in economic matters. The treatment will be in charge of the Commission for Economic, Productive and Microenterprise Development.
URGENT ECONOMIC PROJECT
On October 28, Lasso submitted to the National Assembly the bill for “Economic development and fiscal sustainability”, the first of three that he plans in his divided package of reforms that were rejected in September.
“It has been prepared by gathering the suggestions of various social and political sectors of the country,” the Presidency said in a statement at the time.
And he assured that the new legal reform complies “with the principles of progressivity and tax justice” and, after its approval, the Government expects to collect “more than 1,900 million dollars” in its first two years.
According to the Presidency, with the new fiscal plan, 96.6% of the economically active population will not be affected, given that “the main effort will fall on those who earn more than $ 5,000 a month, have a net worth greater than one million and the largest companies in the country “.
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