The new government of Gustavo Petro has said that it is preparing a new tax reform, where the bet will be on achieving greater collection on the income tax side of individuals, especially those who earn more than $10 million a month.
(Read: Consumer confidence in the country increased in June to 38.4 points).
In the midst of this scenario, it is relevant that at least 32.95% of people, that is, three out of ten state that they consider that they should not pay taxes, and furthermore, 21.73% of household heads answered that they pay 0% of their income in taxes.
This was one of the results of the survey social pulse published by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (Dane) this week, where they were also asked what percentage of their monthly income they consider to be dedicated to paying taxes.
There, 56.3% said that they pay between 0% and 20% of their monthly income, that is, more than half. While 27.6% declared that they allocate between 21% and 40% of their income to pay taxes.
On the other hand, 16.1% of people say that they pay more than 40% of their salary or income in taxes, of which, 13.4% are between 41% and 60% of their income; 2.4% spend between 61% and 80% and 0.3% say they pay more than 80% of their income in taxes.
But the opinion of how much they should pay is different from reality, and there is an almost general consensus that it should not exceed 20% of income, since this is the opinion of 95.6% of Colombians. Barely 3.8%, on the other hand, believe that it could be taxed above 20%, but without exceeding 40% of income.
“This perception shows that indeed the willingness of household heads to allocate more than 20% of their income to pay taxes is practically nil”, highlights the director of the Dane, Juan Daniel Oviedo.
For the head of the statistical entity, these perceptions show how this is “a key element for the pedagogy that tax governance must establish in order to generate awareness of the adjustments in tax matters that the new administration wants to propose.”
Faced with the percentage of people who consider that they should not pay taxes, Oviedo maintains that this is “the barrier or the wall that must be broken to change the tax culture in the country”.
This is also related to perceptions about income in the country. On the one hand, 92.7% of citizens consider that currently in Colombia there is inequality in income between rich and poor, and furthermore, 65.7% of citizens consider that inequality to be completely unacceptable.
And to reduce that situation, 53% consider that the greatest responsibility falls on the State, 25.9% that private companies have “a lot of responsibility”, and 18.5% that it is an issue for high-income people.
On the other hand, while the majority of the population, four out of ten Colombians, consider that between 60% and 80% of Colombians are poor, the self-perception of poverty is lower, since 43.6% consider that Yes, he is in poverty.
On the other hand, compared to the standard of living with that of their parents when they were their age, 24.9% of citizens feel that they are richer, while 53.1% think that they live almost the same as them. Likewise, for 17.2% of household heads, their situation is more poor than that of their previous generation.
Also, 33% consider that the level of education is the main determinant for people in general to have greater opportunities to be promoted and to be more successful at work.
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