Investments and Business

The director of the Dian, Luis Carlos Reyes, is "tightening the nuts" on all taxpayers so that they pay their taxes. In total, it has identified 321,367 defaulters nationwide and more than 62,000 of them are already in proceedings with the Prosecutor's Office, that is, they are exposed to custodial sentences. This week the organization summoned thousands of them in Bogotá and the idea is to continue summoning more to catch up. In an interview with EL TIEMPO, the official told how this "persecution" is taking place. (In context: Defaulters before the Prosecutor's Office: Dian explains that he will denounce…

Avianca's announcement to withdraw from an integration with Viva Air puts an end to a story that has affected the Colombian air sector and that contrasts with the announcement made a year ago by the companies of the creation with Gol of the Abra Group, which would be one of the leaders in air transport in Latin America. The idea of ​​the conglomerate the size of Latam, with control of Avianca and GOL and economic rights of Viva, was that customers would benefit.Avianca says that it was nine months after starting the integration application process and after studying Aerocivil resolution…

The president of the Colombian American Chamber of Commerce, AmCham Colombia, María Claudia Lacouture expressed her concern about President Gustavo Petro's proposal to increase tariffs in the country. According to Petro, "in the face of interest rate hikes, higher tariffs must be responded to to protect the industrial and agricultural sectors, and to protect national jobs," he said.But according to Lacouture, if tariffs are increased for certain foreign products, prices to Colombians are excluded and, on the other hand, the countries of origin have the possibility of taking proportional measures in order to level the playing field and, in turn,…

The discussion is not new, but it is still in the air. On the one hand, while some car owners, tired of the restrictions and the bad condition of the roads, Threaten to move license plates to other citieson the other, municipalities and departments they seek to attract new taxpayers with deep tax discounts. This totally legal strategy has meant a bonanza for small towns in the last two years due to new car registrations, which, of course, has also been affected by the drop in vehicle and motorcycle sales.The important thing about this competition between municipalities and capital cities,…