In recent hours, it was revealed that the Government of Axel Kicillof applied the Gross Income Tax to compensation payments that the Government of Javier Milei had granted to those affected by the floods in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires province.
The economic compensations, promoted by Casa Rosada as reparation for material losses, were subject to a provincial tax that should not be applied under any circumstances in this case.
The conflict began when affected residents, beneficiaries of the assistance program created by President Javier Milei, reported that, upon receiving the payments, they found deductions applied by the Kicillof Government corresponding to the Gross Income Tax.
The surprise and outrage were immediate, since the compensations do not constitute income that generates wealth or commercial gain, but rather an amount intended to repair damages.
