This is how the reform was developed between the Treasury, the Economic Team and the gas companies, email to email.
Investigators into the plot of former Finance Minister Cristóbal Montoro have so far focused on the contracting of several gas companies by Equipo Económico, but they suspect that what the gas companies did is just one example of what was done to benefit other companies in the tobacco, gambling, banking, and electricity sectors. This is an example of the modus operandi .
November 8, 2013 AFGIM assignment letterFrom: Rubén Folgado To: General Manager Messer
The strategy outlined in the conference call held on 15710 was to hire a technical team with access to the Ministry of Finance to achieve tax reductions.
December 5, 2013 Economic Equipment OfferFrom: Rubén Folgado To: General Manager of Messer
"Using my position as chairman of the AEQT energy committee, I have contacted Catalan parliamentarians to defend this discrimination against our sector in Madrid, but this will take time. The most direct route, as always, is to pay the Economic Team, which has direct contact with the Minister of Finance, Cristóbal Montoro. If you need more details, don't hesitate to contact us."
May 21, 2014 ProcessingFrom: Diego Martín-Abril To: Miguel Ferré
Given the rules for processing bills, the timing of submission to the SGT is unclear, but the truth is that it has normally been submitted once the public information process has been completed (...) What is clear to me is that for now we had decided not to send it to the other State Secretariats to maintain confidentiality.
May 28, 2014 Petition to the Secretary of State for FinanceFrom: Carlos Romero (AFGIM) To: Gas Companies
Dear friends. Following the visit to the SEH (Secretary of State for Finance) last April and several meetings with the EE (Economic Team), the draft reform of the Special Tax Law and Regulations has been agreed upon. This includes the inclusion of a new sector among those eligible for the electricity tax: those whose energy consumption exceeds 50% of their total manufacturing costs. From now on, we hope to hold more technical meetings to further analyze the circumstances and justifications, once again...
June 6, 2014 Tax benefitFrom: José María Buenaventura (Secretary of State for Finance) To: Diego Martín-Abril (General Director of Taxes)
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Diego, AEAT report on options for controlling the new 85% exemption from the electricity tax.
July 7, 2014 Tax benefitFrom: Diego Martín-Abril To: Miguel Ferré
We are finalizing the draft amendment to the VAT law to submit it to the SGT (General Secretariat of the General ...
October 16, 2014 RegulationFrom: Diego Martín-Abril To: SEH Cabinet
Manuel, tomorrow we plan to begin processing the draft royal decree amending the regulations on excise duties (...) Don't overthink this royal decree. Just take a look at the explanatory statement (at most) and that's it, there's nothing significant. Just so you know, Miguel. Hugs.
November 5, 2014 Electricity Tax UpdateFrom: Carlos Romero (AFGIM) To: Gas Companies
Dear friends, I am sending you these lines to offer you an update on the relevant topic (...) When the draft regulation on Excise Taxes, which developed these discounts, appeared on the Ministry of Finance's website, we held a meeting with the Deputy Director General on October 27th, in which we presented our views, which were formally presented in the document prepared by the Economic Team. A meeting with the Tax Agency is scheduled for the 12th to develop the general framework for the procedure to be followed with the aim of establishing the content of the documentation to be submitted.
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