Strange statements today by the Superintendent of Taxes Jose Gregorio Vielma Mora.
He told people to “stay calm in the face of the uncertainty caused by the changes announced by the President” among them a possible tax to luxury, and he advanced that any increase in gasoline would be exonerated of the VAT.
He added that
“Seniat next week is going to actively participate in the public debates of the Enabling Law, and we mean to generate much confidence, much tranquility, to eliminate the uncertainty”
He explained that “the tax on luxury is an idea with has as it bases the year 1992 “that is not an idea of this Government and the Seniat (Tax Office)”
On the tax on luxury he said “I want to be coherent with my words, we are reviewing the laws, is not settled what rate we will charge, it is no the creation of a new tax”
At the end, he closed: “I believe one has to handle to this with a more coherent language, so as not to create greater uncertainty, that stimulates inflation, also to look for a mechanism of connection and coordination with the productive sectors of the country because we want that an endogenous development with the participation of all the citizens, where the private sector grows, the small and medium industry, the cooperatives, the co-managed companies, where we can make a country with a high yield and where the State can unload for job creation to the private sector”.
My take:
Does this guy talk to the Big Boss who is the one that creates the uncertainty? Where was he on Sunday? Where was he the other days that Chavez made the announcements that created the unrest and rattled the country? Chavez said the luxury tax was his idea, was he lying? Was he adressing Chavez or the public?
Yes, we certainly need coherence and it should start at the top. As for certainty, forget it, when laws are ignored and/or bypassed and the same Government makes contradictory decisions, there can be no certainty.
The Devil's Excrement 
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