Colombia to hike taxes $1.6B to finance flood recovery
Colombia plans to raise 3.3 trillion pesos ($1.6 billion) by lowering the threshold of the net worth tax to help fund reconstruction costs after heavy rains battered the nation, the…
Colombia plans to raise 3.3 trillion pesos ($1.6 billion) by lowering the threshold of the net worth tax to help fund reconstruction costs after heavy rains battered the nation, the…
The Colombian government collected 44.7 trillion Colombian pesos ($24.74 billion) in taxes in the first eight months of this year, the country’s Finance Ministry said Tuesday. In 2009, the country’s…
Colombia’s national government hopes to create 2.5 million job placements and formalize the jobs of half a million Colombians by offering tax breaks to employers, the country’s Social Welfare minister,…
The Colombian government collected 39.61 trillion Colombian pesos ($21.63 billion) in taxes in the first seven months of this year, a tad higher than the COP39.60 trillion collected in the…
Colombia’s House of Representatives and Senate on Wednesday both approved a bill to raise taxes on alcohol, tobacco, and gambling, which will be used to pour an estimated COP3.5 billion ($1.8 million)…
Green Party presidential candidate Antanas Mockus met with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday evening, and asked the national leader if he thought Mockus was capable of caring for the country’s…
First round presidential elections winner Juan Manuel Santos said Monday that his second round election rival Antanas Mockus failed to win more votes in Sunday’s election because of his proposal to…
Colombia’s Vice President Francisco Santos on Wednesday proposed higher taxes on unused land in order to encourage investment in the country’s agriculture, reported Colombian media. Santos explained that imposing a…
The Colombian government collected 56.15 trillion Colombian pesos, or US$28.6 billion, in taxes in the first ten months of the year, 6.1% higher than in the same period a year…