Currently, the country's tax burden (percentage of revenue compared with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)) is 14.1%.

Finance Minister, Carlos Caceres, acknowledged the goal may seem ambitious but it is also necessary or otherwise the country has no fiscal viability.

Laprensagrafica.com gathered more comments from the Minister: "We need to have greater contribution through economic growth or taxes."

Source: laprensagrafica.com

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