Tomorrow, February 15, in a forum organized by the economic newspaper Portafolio, it will be discussed whether the tax reform, which is in force it had the necessary corrections for the macroeconomic context in which the country lives. Various experts from different economic sectors will also discuss how competent are the remains, the opportunities and the consequences of this bill that is now law and that came into force on January 1, 2023.
In the space that will be held from 9 in the morning in the Executive Room of the Editorial House EL TIEMPO, in Bogotá, and that will also be broadcast by Eltiempo.com, the social networks of the newspaper EL TIEMPO and Portafolio.co, It is sought that large, medium and small companies in Colombia, consumers and the general public have a guide on the scope of the reform.
In the same way, it is sought that they evaluate, understand and put into practice the different impacts, effects and consequences that the implementation of the tax this year has.
The first segment will be moderated by Francisco Miranda, CEO of the newspaper Portafolio; Luz Stella Murgas, president of Naturgas; María Lorena Gutiérrez, president of Corficolombiana and Juan Guillermo Ruíz, managing partner of the tax and foreign trade team of the legal firm, Posse Herrera Ruiz.
The idea is that in space the reality of the economic sectors and industries in which the impacts are concentrated is evaluated, what has been the effect and impacts for Colombian companies, also in medium and small ones. Also, if these are mostly fiscal or are cheaper.
Similarly, the shock in public finances.
In the second segment, a diagnosis will be made on the effects and consequences on trade, consumption and households.
There will be the experts Jaime Alberto Cabal, the president of the National Federation of Merchants, Fenalco; Juan Camilo de Bedout, partner in the litigation and tax, customs and transfer pricing area of the firm Posse Herrera Ruiz; Juan Daniel Oviedo, economic expert, former director of the National Administrative Department of Statistics, Dane, and now a candidate for mayor of Bogotá, and Camilo Herrera, president of the consulting firm Raddar.
In this space The alerts that occurred in the framework of the tax discussion will be remembered, how it was believed that they would affect consumers, if they are already happening to stores and to other trade actors and alarms about the impact that the consumption of certain basic products and employment could have.
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