translated from Spanish: Senate advances tax reform bill: Sala passed most rules and leaves separate votes of the articulated pending

Emphasizing the progressive and reviviating objectives of tax modernization, as well as the need to set medium- and long-term goals to strengthen collection and improve efficiency the Senate Chamber initiated the debate and vote on the second-proceeding bill on tax modernization.
At the conference, 37 votes were approved in favour and 2 abstentions were approved by all the rules that were unanimously released and which were not amended. Meanwhile, for the next regular session on Wednesday, separate votes from the project’s articulation were pending.
Senators Ricardo Lagos Weber, Carlos Montes, José García Ruminot, José Miguel Insulza, Juan Antonio Coloma, Rabindranath Quinteros, Francisco Huenchumilla, Jorge Pizarro, Alvaro Elizalde, David Sandoval, Ximena Rincón, Luz Ebensperger, Juan Pablo Letelier, Yasna Provoste, José Miguel Durana, Alejandro Navarro, Rodrigo Galilea, Alejandro Guillier and Francisco Chahuán.
On the occasion, the process of discussion and debate of this initiative was inevitably referred to, following the agreement reached between the Finance Committee and the newly assumed minister of industry, Ignacio Briones, in the first week of November, in the days after the ‘social outburst’.
Along with valuing the original spirit of the initiative, official senators emphasized the pro-investment and pro-SME aspects, as well as measures for older and higher-grossing adults.
However, some opposition mPs expressed concerns about social agenda challenges, in particular pensions and health, and stressed the need to follow up on the agreement to set up a technical commission to study the current tax exemptions.

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