Waldo Acebo Meireles
What began in Bayamo, was repeated in Sancti Spiritus, most recently in Santa Clara, the protests of the drivers and abusive by the exorbitant taxes that the new government policy imposes on these car owners. It is easy to explain why protests have been initiated for this sector, the long tradition that accompanies this shuttle service makes the drivers have their accounts clear and know precisely what they can or can not pay such fees taxes and other contributions in this activity. On the other hand the drivers are, unintentionally, a kind of brotherhood, where they share their problems and disagreements with government measures.
is not what happens to the rest of the authorized activities in which there is neither tradition nor the relationships among participants, hence they are not very clear what may or may not be admissible, nor the real possibilities survival in the existing legal framework and tax.
The drivers know well what they're up and the calculations made by journalist Sara Sariol Sosa in the newspaper "La Demajagua" Bayamo not be confused, because they know what they can or not accept. The calculations show that the journalist annual tax burden is 29.3%, which is superior to that which existed up until the time it was 16%. However, in their calculations includes two gross errors: one is that in fact the personal tax has a progressive nature can reach 50% and the second error is the limited deduction is the cost of the activity.
Establishing a 20% deductible expenses of the activity of a standard that reflects the ignorance of the true costs that are implicit in it. The costs are not only feeding the horses, which must be at least two, because one just could not take up the business of dragging the car all day, but must be added the ongoing maintenance they need cars to they can operate safely, which includes shipping and saddlery, carpentry, blacksmithing, etc. more contingent expenses and veterinary medicines.
But also in an effort to reduce income to a minimum and avoid the accumulation of 'capital' thus preventing the drivers create a fund of money necessary to enable it to address the depreciation of the basic medium, the car, although it is maintained regularly comes a time when it is necessary to replace and / horses who have a life limited service and if its cost is amortized when it comes time to replace it would not have that. Bear in mind that the cost of a regular horse walks in the order of 5-6 billion dollars, and a car can be about the same amount. Therefore, a driver must have not less than $ 6000 in funds to replace at any time a horse that has reached the end of its useful life.
Santa Clara's government before the return of the licenses approximately 200 coachmen took a Solomonic decision of an inexpressible cynicism let prices float coachmen services to be the market to determine, by as much as they do not think that reducing the tax burden is the price determined by free supply and demand.
he heroically went to the population problem and the drivers, who entered bids to find the right price which ultimately will come from or cessation of such services by low demand, or a reduced price to an unacceptable level for the drivers.
Cuba Other populations with high presence of cars like Cardenas, for example, are in this situation, hopefully sooner or later in these populations reproduce the phenomenon, except, which I doubt that the central government decides to revalue the tax charges and levies that branch of public service.
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