"Removing the foot from on top of it": a Buenos Aires mayor seeks to eliminate fees and promises a savings of almost $300 million for the countryside

The mayor of the Buenos Aires party of 25 de Mayo, Ramiro Egüen (Citizen Action), presented to the local Deliberative Council the 2026 budget project with a clear focus: a profound fiscal reform aimed at easing the tax burden on agricultural production and the private sector of the district. According to what he told LA NACION, the initiative proposes the elimination of more than ten municipal fees, including some historically questioned by the agricultural sector, such as the fee for brand and sign control, mandatory veterinary inspection, and a fund for pest control, included within the road fee. The objective, as explained by the municipal chief himself, is "to take the foot off the neck of those who produce." He highlighted that the project was presented as the result of "two years of organization, austere administration, and strategic planning," during which the municipality managed to reorganize its accounts to now advance in a structural lowering of local taxes. "The focus ...