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Reves for “Mr. Tobacco”: the Supreme Court Ruled that Tobacco Companies Must Pay an Internal Tax that Sets the Law
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The Supreme Court of Justice defined the legal dispute between Pablo Otero's company Tabacalera Sarandí for the payment of the minimum tax on cigarettes.With a unanimous decision, the highest court overturned a Chamber ruling that benefited the company and settled the controversy over the validity of a tax that the firm evaded for eight years through judicial amparos.What did the Supreme Court decide on the tax on cigarettes?The highest court ru…
The court overturned a ruling that had declared the minimum domestic tax unconstitutional. Thus, the obligation of all companies in the sector — including Sarandí — to pay that tax floor remains firm.
From the company they argued that the amounts are exorbitant and questioned the Court. "It is a case of serious legal insecurity," said its owner, Pablo Otero, after the ruling. Read more
The Supreme Court of the Nation ordered that Pablo Otero pay that sum. He has not paid AFIP since 2018. The Entry Evasion: Justice ordered paying more than $1 billion in taxes to the "Lord of Tobacco" was first published in #BorderJournalism.
The Supreme Court overturned a ruling of the Federal Administrative Chamber and upheld the validity of the minimum domestic tax of Law 27,430 for tobacco products. With this decision, all tobacco companies—including Pablo Otero’s Tabacalera Sarandí—must pay that tax floor. According to official estimates, the “Lord of Tobacco” owes more than USD 1.4 billion.
The Supreme Court of Justice gave Tabacalera Sarandí and its owner, Pablo Otero, known as the "Lord of Tobacco." Unanimously, the Supreme Court declared the minimum tax on the sector constitutional and, consequently, the company will have to pay a debt of more than USD 1 billion that accumulated with the tax since 2018. According to the agency Noticias Argentinas, the ruling, which had the signature of Horacio Rosatti, Ricardo Lorenzetti and thr…
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