I hear they have filed the project so that for 3 days over a year Colombians can go shopping without charging 19% VAT, this idea was one of the pillars of the current president Iván Duque's campaign. Theories of how this could affect the collection of the DIAN are already heard, but they will surely find the mathematical formula to alleviate the impact.

How I see things the most benefited will be the banks and payment gateways since it will only be applicable to purchases with cards whether credit or debit. It is no secret to anyone that the governments of the last twenty years have taken care of the financial sector at the expense of the pocket of Colombians, favoring all kinds of stimuli, with the justification of the contribution made to the economy by this enormous chapter of the economy.

Surely this initiative (that of the day without VAT) will pass, with the justification of reviving the economy and encouraging consumption that is in the doldrums as a result of the global recession that so far appears and that according to experts will be proportions to those year 2000.

For us, the gaming industry, the stimulus that the government ordered via PND is a huge help to get out of the bankruptcy to which many are possibly headed and of which Juan B Pérez, president of Coljuegos is not aware who prefers to sit down. expecting demands and not acting in favor of the industry that creates as many jobs as contributions to the health it generates and that has been supportive of its political career.

It is paradoxical that other lines of the economy recognize the importance of creating guarantees and facilities for a better future, and this, the gambling industry is given all the arguments so that it dies slowly ... of course not all, Sports bets are exempt from paying VAT as a stimulus and to casinos at no more than 12%, the lifeguard launched by the Government and being stolen from us ...

I don't know if it's just me, the one I'm reached with the VAT payment for localized gambling type, casinos ...