Uruguay
Martín Lema will bring to the government and the Intendencia a proposal to assist businesses affected by the transport reform
The National Party senator will present measures to cushion the impact of the works on Montevideo avenues. Among other initiatives, he proposes cuts in fixed costs and tax relief for affected businesses.
National Party Senator Martín Lema will present this Monday to the government of Yamandú Orsi and to the Montevideo Intendencia headed by Mario Bergara a document with proposals to reduce the effect of the transport reform on businesses located on the avenues that will be intervened, El País Uruguay reported.
According to that outlet, the initiative is based on the fact that the planned works in the metropolitan area, with a special impact on Montevideo, will affect the activity of businesses located along corridors such as 18 de Julio and 8 de Octubre while the work lasts. The text argues that this economic harm has already been acknowledged by the authorities and raises the need to anticipate measures.
Among the proposals included in the document are a discount on the electricity tariff for merchants and the exemption from departmental taxes, such as the sanitation fee, property tax and other levies linked to the property or to commercial activity, according to El País Uruguay.
The proposal also suggests mechanisms to protect employment through additional benefits for affected companies that keep their workforce during the works period. In addition, it recommends facilitating pending procedures linked to the premises and advancing regularization processes before the Fire Department, with fee exemptions, always according to what was published by that outlet.
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