At the beginning of March, the Legislative Council of the state of Táchira approved the Tax System Law, with which a payment of the exit and entry fee will now be implemented through the border from the Venezuelan side.
The payment applies to people who stamp their passports at the offices of the Administrative Service for Identification, Migration and Immigration (Saime), when entering or leaving the country.
In the same way, it was learned that the rate was established at 10 tax units.
This is equivalent to 36.30 bolivars (about 6,800 Colombian pesos) or $1.49.
The president of the Permanent Commission of Finance and budgets of the Legislative Council of Táchira (CLET), pro-government deputy Yeniré Chacón, indicated that this collection will allow greater investment in the state.
“All proceeds will be used to give back to our state in matters of health, roads and services”
“In addition, focused on the reorganization of the tax system that was previously disengaged from the current status of the state,” Chacón said.
For his part, opposition deputy Ricardo Hernández indicated that originally this law established the collection of a Tax Unit of the state of Táchira (1 UTET).
This would apply to those who crossed the border, whether or not they stamped their passports.
However, after the discussion between parliamentarians, it was dismissed and only the charge to travelers was established.
With information from 2001
The entry This is what you must pay in bolivars to cross the Venezuelan border was first published in El Informador Venezuela.
