The family business alerts about possible tax increases

Alliance, cooperation and dialogue. The president of the Family Business Institute (IEF), Marc Puig, has offered the public powers “an alliance” for recovery and avoid putting “obstacles” to growth during the closing speech of the 24th national congress of family businesses, held in Pamplona. Puig has regretted that the President of the Government, Pedro Sanchez, finally did not attend the closing: “I would have liked him to do so to share our work with him,” he affirmed and recalled the “silent, but effective” task of these companies during the crisis caused by the pandemic and in recovery . Puig’s speech was followed by a thunderous and prolonged applause from the audience.

Following the line of his inaugural speech on Monday, in which he demanded that Spanish companies “continue to count on the same conditions as those of the rest of European countries“, Puig has claimed that a fiscal framework that have “practically all the states of the Union, which treats differently those assets related to business activities from the rest.”

At the same time that it has offered collaboration for a tax system to reduce the shadow economy o la optimization of public spending, the president of the IEF has demanded that he not fall into the temptation “of destroy our business structures to reply to short-term emergencies“, such as the need to increase collection.

“It is, in essence, not penalizing the possession of those assets that are dedicated to generating prosperity and work, of not making our companies less competitive than our European counterparts, and of not taxing the transfer of these assets to avoid dismantling companies in operation. Our economic model depends to a large extent on the fact that our current model does not deteriorate“, he has sentenced before the attending businessmen.

Fundamental role

Puig has highlighted the fundamental role that family businesses have had in the transformation of Spain in the last 30 years, coinciding with the founding of the IEF. In this period, the tax regime, he insisted, is one of the elements that has contributed “effectively to the progress of the European society, and therefore, of the Spanish “.

The president of the IEF have highlighted that the challenges of the Spanish economy are the same as those of family businesses: overcome the pandemic and “adapt to the demands of a new environment marked by digitization, respect for the environment and social commitment. For all this, he added, “greater productivity and be able to compete on equal terms with companies from other countries“And for this, growth is essential, since”It is proven that at a similar size compared to other European countries, our companies are perfectly competitive. Let us then make it easier for our companies to grow “, he reiterated.

He has also defended the need not to fall into the “fallacious philosophy that praises the small company to criticize the big one“In his opinion, it is good that he supports the entrepreneur, but at the same time he has regretted that “the work of the employer is not valued enough“And in this sense he added that” only from a sufficient critical mass The enormous efforts of technological innovation and transformation of business models required by that better society for which we all work can be tackled. Along these lines, he has insisted on an alliance with the public powers “to enable companies to grow.”

Puig has highlighted the link between family businesses and those who work in them, as reflected in a survey by Sigmados, released during the congress. He reiterated that the IEF “will always be ready for collaboration and shared effort. However, no one can count on us to hinder the legitimate aspirations of our companies to continue progressing, to continue existing.”

Throughout these days, under the slogan ‘We work for a better society’, with some 500 registered entrepreneurs plus those who have followed the sessions online, there has been a debate on the role of companies in a more sustainable growth. In fact, the IEF and 18 territorial associations linked to this organization last Sunday sealed an institutional declaration in favor of business, social and environmental sustainability.

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In addition to discussions about growth, with Sol Daurella, President of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Eloi Planes, president of Fluidra; or about diversification, with Jorge Gallardo, president of Vithas Hospitals; and Juan March de la Lastra Chairman of Banca March, there has been a discussion about impact investing. On this matter they have raised their points of view Teresa Guardans, de Oryx Impact, Ainhoa ​​Grandes (Ship2b) and Alexandra Mitjans (Ashoka Spain).

The next congress, number 25, will be held in Cáceres.