The central government and the Generalitat have agreed to create a joint working group to study how to strengthen the Agència Tributària de Catalunya (ATC), which must assume more responsibilities with the unique financing model included in the investiture agreement of Salvador Illa agreed with ERC .
The Department of Economy has confirmed that the central and regional executive They have started working on this lineas reported this Saturday by La Vanguardia.
The working group will be made up of eight peoplefour from the department led by Alícia Romero, and another four from the Ministry of Finance. In addition, two senior officials from the Department and two others from the ATC will participate.
Precisely, the Government plans to officially appoint at its meeting next Tuesday Andreu Navas as new director of the ATC.
The Catalan executive has already created a group in Catalonia that must design and implement the new financing model of the Generalitat, coordinated by the economist Martí Carnicer.
The president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, committed on October 16 in Parliament to quadruple the size of the ATC to prepare it for manage tax volume which will be assumed when the unique financing model agreed upon by ERC and PSC becomes a reality.
The main challenge facing the ATC is to take charge of personal income tax starting in 2026, a mission that forces it to prepare to give a important jump in personnel.
Although the president has not quantified in what period the ATC could quadruple in sizethe outlined scenario leads to projecting an ATC with more than 3,400 employees in the near future.
Who is Andreu Navas
On the other hand, the Government plans to officially appoint Andreu Navas as the new director of the ATC at its meeting next Tuesday, according to The Department of Economy has also confirmed.
Born in Tarragona in 1974Navas has a diploma in Business Sciences from the Rovira i Virgili University and Graduate in Law and Business Administration and Management by the Open University of Catalonia.
Since 2009, he has been chief inspector of the autonomous body Base-Gesció d’Ingressos, which is responsible for the management, liquidation, inspection, verification and collection of all types of income of the Provincial Council of Tarragona.
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