translated from Spanish: Sofofa advocated tax cut and said that in OECD “they have not done so to reply to whimsical interests” of entrepreneurs

the President of the Sociedad de Fomento Fabril, Bernardo Larraín Matte, referred today to the decision of the President Sebastián Piñera, keep immovable the enterprise tax in the tax reform that the Government will send to Congress.
This morning, the President said on radio Duna Sofofa watched over the interests of entrepreneurs, but that he did it for “the of all Chileans”.
“Whole social event that aims to influence public debate, must stop from what is: I’m President of Sofofa, representing 22 regional guilds, 48 sectoral unions, to more than 4,000 companies that recognize their interests” said Larrain according to Emol .
The helmsman of the trade union organization also said that the “interest business… they are fully aligned with the general interest, as have realized that 100% of the OECD countries that have decided to lower the tax companies in the past 10-15 years”.
“They have not done so to reply to whimsical, corporate interests of the business world. “Have done so because they are aware that reactivate investment, which is of course important for companies (…) but that is also very relevant to generate jobs, development”, said the President of Sofofa.
Larraín Matte also reminded him to Piñera that “he said that it was not appropriate to lower the tax to companies, but it clearly reflected in its programme of Government a business tax rebate”.
“We must not stand on a pedestal and claim that we are representatives of the public interest, we have to recognize our interests and making more transparent them and explain how they are aligned with the public interest.” The Sofofa always looks for this combination”he added.

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