Colombian mining group says tax bill will attract foreign investment
BOGOTA – Colombia's main mining industry group said on Monday it was optimistic a new tax bill that includes a cut to corporate taxes will help attract more foreign investment, allowing companies to boost exploration and output in the coming years.
The bill, known as the financing law, proposes a gradual reduction in taxes on businesses to 30% by 2022 from the current 35%, as well as a new sales tax refund of 19% for capital goods such as machinery.
"This law, which was a campaign promise, helps guarantee the competitiveness of the industry that competes in the region with countries like Peru and Chile for attracting investments," Santiago Angel, head of the Colombian Mining Association, told reporters in Bogota.
President Ivan Duque's plan to reduce taxes on businesses, while increasing them on the middle class and adding duties to basic foodstuffs has provoked strong criticism by opposition lawmakers and may get diluted as it goes through Colombia's Congress.
High taxes, legal insecurity and social protests have for years been an impediment for expansion in the mining sector, which is responsible for 33% of the value of country's total exports.
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