Estela Arpi has been dedicated to the craft for 33 years. She is a qualified craftswoman and in her shop located in Reina Victoria Artisan Plaza she sells paintings, handicrafts, handbags… She is preparing to pay a $60 tax this year, in March, for her popular business, within the framework of the Tax Regime for Popular Entrepreneurs and Companies (Rimpe), which was created as part of the Economic Development Act, in November 2021. She recalls that as a craftswoman she was exempt from taxes, but comments that she already has to pay taxes from this law. Estela believes that this is fair, because in this way she contributes to the state.
Like Arpi, 2.2 million taxpayers who belong to the Tax Regime for Popular Companies and Entrepreneurs (Rimpe) they have the whole month of March to pay this annual tax for the first time. According to the law, all natural persons and companies belonging to this regime must cancel it, which replaced the Simplified Tax Regime (RISE) and the Tax Regime for Micro-Enterprises (RIM).
The main characteristic of Rimpe is that if it is about popular jobs, ie they have sales up to 20,000 dollars, they only pay $60 a year. On the other hand, for entrepreneurs who are in this regime sales can be up to 300,000 dollars and they pay according to a progressive table.
However, This March payment will be the first, but also the last, that popular entrepreneurs will make under the current conditions, that is, according to the law they have to pay a fixed tax of USD 60. This is because, from next year, they will have to do this through a progressive table that the SRI has yet to create. is that The Constitutional Court declared the $60 payment unconstitutional, considering that it is not a progressive (proportional) payment.
Meanwhile, Arpi comments that while she agrees with her payment, it’s not fair to her and she’s unhappy that everyone has to pay $60, as she assures that she’s heard that there are certain companies that, even though they’re big, declare themselves to be popular companies and they end up paying the same value.
About the topic, Ricardo Flores, Deputy Director General of the Tax Administration (SRI), explains that Rimpe remains in force next year because “The only thing that the Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional is the rate paid by popular entrepreneurs, which is $60”. “Starting with the following there will be a table and it is SRI’s job to present the reform”, he says. In this way, Rimpe will continue to exist, but taxpayers will have to pay a percentage of sales or profits, and depending on the model and amounts, some may pay less and others more. “We analyze how to act correctly according to the verdict of the Constitutional Court”, hold flowers.
In the meantime, the regime is currently in place and therefore taxpayers need to take several points into account, Flores explains:
During the tour of this newspaper, several taxpayers showed that they do not know clearly which tax regime they belong to. In many cases because the change was made automatically.
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Katherine Gaibor has a bakery on the road to Valle de los Chillos. She says she has to pay $60 this month, but she was at RISE before. “Then I was on the general regime, and now they transferred me to Rimpe”, he says.
Geovanny Pozo, handicraft seller also at Plaza Artesanal Reina Victoria, He says that when he was at RISE, he paid about $8 a year. Now you have to pay $60. You don’t know much about this new tax and you don’t know about the changes that will be introduced next year. However, he assures that he will pay promptly by the end of the month.
When Rimpe entered into force, it was foreseen that taxpayers who, on December 31, 2021, belonged to the Simplified Tax Regime (RISE), the Microenterprise Regime (REMI) and the General Regime, and met the conditions for belonging to Rimpe, they would automatically enter the specified mode without the need to enter any application or process.
Additionally, taxpayers who have registered with the RUC From January 2022 and eligible to be subject to Rimpe, they will start their activities under the latter regime.
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Source: Eluniverso
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