President Solis has signed a decree declaring of public interest the "promotion, development and formalization of businesses in the social solidarity economy", at the same time as a bill with the same concept is not advancing in the legislature.
When the bill on the Social Solidarity Economy was presented in July 2015, theprivate sector expressed doubtsabout a concept that"... represents unfair competition against formal private companies and contributes nothing to the serious fiscal problems of the country, because it reduces the question of tax collections."
In the view of the union of cooperatives the Law on Social Solidarity Economy being discussed in Congress is unnecessary and will only create more bureaucracy and duplicity of functions.
More bureaucracy, confusion in the application of the laws governing cooperatives and duplication of functions is what will come from, if approved, the Social Economy Act, which is being promoted by the Solis administration.
The twin sister of an old concept of cooperatives which today enemies of capital want to reinvigorate, the ultramodern collaboratively economy creates value by using the internet through more efficient use of available resources.
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"Sharing Economy", collaborative markets. Descriptions in different languages of a phenomenon that takes on proper names when applied to the efficient utilization of individual means of transport, such as UBER, availability of accommodations to suit every traveler such as Air BnB, and other quick and transparent communication systems between supply and demand which are revolutionizing global trade, especially in services.
A bill creates the regime of "Social Solidarity Economy", which creates exemptions from virtually all taxes for companies registered in the scheme.
The vice president of the Chamber of Commerce of Costa Rica, Victor Ruiz, said that "... the model of the ESS (Social Solidarity Economy) represents unfair competition against formal private companies and contributes nothing to the serious fiscal problems of the country because it reduces the question of tax collection. "