{"id":96178,"date":"2017-02-24T09:01:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T13:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/?p=96178"},"modified":"2017-02-24T09:01:21","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T13:01:21","slug":"peralta-says-no-tax-incentive-cuts-for-free-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2017\/02\/24\/peralta-says-no-tax-incentive-cuts-for-free-zones\/","title":{"rendered":"Peralta says no tax incentive cuts for free zones"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n Peralta assured free zone companies that the government will not cut their incentives nor change the rules of the game. In a meeting on Tuesday, 21 February 2017, Peralta said no measures would be taken to limit the competitiveness of free zone companies. He said the Medina government, on the contrary, has intentions to continue to support free zone companies so this sector can be more competitive and create a more jobs over the coming years.<\/p>\n

Peralta met in Santiago with the directors of the Santiago Free Zone Corporation, the largest free zone center in the country. Present were businessmen Aquiles Berm\u00fadez, Jos\u00e9 Clase, Luis Jos\u00e9 Bonilla, Donald Dyer, Luis Nilo, Goby Moya, Miguel Lama; Carlos Guillermo N\u00fa\u00f1ez, president of the Asociaci\u00f3n de Comerciantes e Industriales de Santiago (ACIS), F\u00e9lix Garc\u00eda, Juan Jos\u00e9 Batlle and Luis Jos\u00e9 Bonilla, president of the Asociaci\u00f3n de Zona Franca; and Benito Ferreira, rector of the ISA University. Also present were Luisa Fern\u00e1ndez, executive director of the Council for Export Free Zones (CNZFE), among others.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government is your ally and is in the best disposition to collaborate. The idea is to achieve competitiveness goals and allow your companies to be successful and meet the challenges in the present global economy,\u201d stated Peralta.<\/p>\n

He said he would take to President Medina the request that the government purchase military and police footwear and uniforms from the free zone industries.<\/p>\n

Read more in Spanish:
\nEl Nacional<\/a><\/p>\n

24 February 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n Peralta assured free zone companies that the government will not cut their incentives nor change the rules of the game. In a meeting on Tuesday, 21 February 2017, Peralta said no measures would be taken to limit the competitiveness of free zone companies. He said the Medina government, … <\/p>\n

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