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The Government and Chile Vamos are looking for options to increase the additional contribution percentage included in the pension reform that is pending in the Senate, beyond 6%, of course, the deputy Frank Suerbaum (RN), indicated that the alternatives under study They should not harm the labor market, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. One of the possibilities would be to resort to VAT, a situation that is not shared by the president of the Senate, Adriana Muñoz.
In the ruling party they are aware that a reform to the pension system could be one of the legacies of President Sebastián Piñera, however, the two withdrawals of 10% distorted the current bill, which is in its second constitutional process in the Senate.
On Tuesday, parliamentarians from Chile Vamos, members of the Finance and Labor commissions of the Upper and Lower House, held a meeting with the Government, in which President Sebastián Piñera was present with the intention of seeking alternatives to take the initiative forward and counteract the effect produced by the withdrawal of funds.
MP Frank Sauerbaum (RN), He indicated that they should look for alternatives so that the pension price increases beyond 6%.
“We are going to have to add new elements to this conversation with the opposition to be able to make the reform advance, for example, in how we increase the pension contribution beyond this 6% without affecting the labor market, that is going to be the great discussion . How do we increase the price, for example, by 2% more without affecting the world of work that today is just beginning to recover after the pandemic, “he said.
What is precisely sought is not to affect a labor market that has been strongly affected by the coronavirus pandemic. For this reason, Sauerbaum pointed out that they have two alternatives: increase VAT by one percentage point or eliminate tax exemptions.
The person who did not agree with the possibility of using VAT to increase the contribution percentage was the president of the Senate and a member of the Labor Commission, Adriana Muñoz, who pointed out that it is the employers who should take charge of covering this pension increase.
“VAT is a proposal that in my opinion does not make sense, it is a highly regressive tax. It is paid, true, by the most vulnerable, poorest sectors of the country, and to be resorting to that regressive tax to increase prices does not seem like a good idea. Now if contributions must be increased, it may be the employers who today also continue an effort to help their workers have better pensions, since 1980 they have not contributed ”, he assured.
This Wednesday the president of the Senate Labor Committee, the socialist Juan Pablo Letelier, indicated that the pension reform, which was already approved by the Chamber in January, could be put to a vote next week due to the null approach by the Executive.
Regarding pensions, as of January 1, 2021, the second stage of the increase in the Basic Solidarity Pension and the Maximum Pension with Solidarity Contribution begins (stipulated in the Law that increases the benefits of the Solidarity Pillar and that entered into force in December 2019).
The Undersecretary of Social Welfare, Pedro Pizarro, gave details in this regard: “The total number of pensioners from the Solidarity Pillar is a little more than 1,600,000 and those who are going to receive the readjustment are a little more than 1,300,000, because the differentiation the one that already received the total increase in 2020 ”.
“They, who are already covered by the Solidarity Pillar, do not have to do any additional procedures, they, starting from the pension for the month of January 2021, will already receive it with the increase established in the Law,” he explained.
Specifically, pensioners who receive the Basic Solidarity Pension and who are 74 years old, or younger, will see their pension increased from $ 141,374 to $ 158,339; while people who are between 75 and 79 years old will go from $ 147,029 to 169,649.
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