The new tax is part of the “dismantling of neoliberalism,” Arce believes.
Bolivian President Luis Arce announced on Tuesday his country's tax bureau had collected twice as much as originally estimated through the “very rich tax.”
In his Twitter account, Arce explained that days before the deadline, collection exceeded 224.1 million bolivianos (more than 32 million dollars) from 203 millionaires, residents in Bolivia or abroad, with assets over 30 million bolivianos (almost 4.3 million dollars).
Arce underscored the new tax is part of the “dismantling of neoliberalism to resume the Productive Community Social-Economic Model to get out of the crisis,” as the income generated will contribute to the redistribution of resources.