The Executive Branch, through Supreme Resolution No. 003-2022-EF published today in the official newspaper El Peruano, appointed Betty Arminda Sotelo Bazán as the new Deputy Minister of Finance of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). The official will replace Gustavo Guerra García, whose resignation was made official on February 10. The new head of […]
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Minister of Economy and Finance met with the superintendent of the SBS
The head of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), Óscar Graham, met this Friday with Socorro Heysen, Superintendent of Banking, Insurance and AFPs (SBS), to coordinate a joint agenda aimed at achieving greater competition in the financial system and its strengthening, informed the sector. According to the communication released by the MEF, at the […]
Executive Board formed to promote competitiveness of the prioritized value chain
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (Mef) made official this Friday, February 4, the formation of the “Executive Board for productive transformation in prioritized value chains”which will be made up of public and private institutions. The multisectoral working group aims to identify problems and ‘bottlenecks’ that limit the development of the prioritized value chain, as […]
MEF: the pending agenda that could resume
After seven months with Pedro Francke at the head of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (FEM), last Tuesday President Pedro Castillo made the first change in said office and appointed Oscar Graham as the new head of the portfolio. In that sense, they remained pending reforms and short-term measures by the MEF, among which […]
200,000 restaurant jobs would be recovered
The Executive announced the suspension of the mandatory social immobilization schedule (curfew) that has been in force at the national level for 22 months. The objective is to avoid night crowds in public transport and shopping centers, according to the Minister of Health, Hernando Cevallos. However, the measure was also a demand from the economic […]
Conditions are added to access tax benefits
The Executive Branch approved Legislative Decree 1521 to update and tighten the rules to which they must abide for the evaluation and approval of tax exemptions, incentives and benefits. Thus, Rule VII of the Preliminary Title of the Tax Code was modified, considering the recommendations of several international organizations such as the OECD, UN and […]
Pedro Francke: people who lose their vehicle will no longer pay vehicle tax
The Minister of Economy and Finance, Pedro Francke, reported this afternoon that people who lose their vehicle due to accidents or theft will stop paying the vehicle equity tax. “It seems unfair to us that a person who had his car stolen or lost it completely as a result of a fire or crash, according […]
Aquaculture and forestry companies would have tax benefits
After the plenary session of Congress grants limited powers to the Executive to legislate on tax matters, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has been preparing several legislative decrees that must be published before the end of the year so that they can be in force throughout 2022. One of the measures that the […]
Pedro Francke: they will not close economic activities due to the presence of the omicron variant
The Minister of Economy, Pedro Francke, He reported that they will not close economic activities due to the presence of the omicron variant in the country. Despite the uncertainty about the effects of the new variant on the population. “We are in a very uncertain scenario so we must be careful, but what we are […]
Pedro Francke: Quellaveco Mine will start its production from the second quarter of 2022
The Minister of Economy, Pedro Francke, reported that the Quellaveco mine in Moquegua will begin its production from the second quarter of 2022, which will have an important effect on mining production in the country since it will have an investment of US $ 5.5 billion. “The Quellaveco mine, which involves an investment of US […]