Through this preliminary working document, the Argentine Congressional Budget Office (OPC) responds to the request made by the Chair of the Budget and Finance Committee of the Chamber of Deputies on April 25 to evaluate the fiscal and budgetary impact of the changes on the tariffs and taxes levied on public utilities included in the Tariff Emergency Bill with the joint report of the Public Works, Consumer Defense, and User and Competition Committees.
There are no estimates of variations in the revenues and expenditures of the National Government Budget for the fiscal year 2018, which could derive from economic policy measures or unforeseen economic situations.