At most, the Benetton field does not pay municipal taxes

"We pay taxes and I have nothing to explain to anyone." The aunt of Máxima Zorreguieta, Queen of the Netherlands, Marcela Cerrutti Carricart, reacted in this way when the official Telam news agency asked her questions about the undeclared construction of the Monarch's property owned Pilpilcura ranch. operates an exclusive five bedroom inn.

The news of tax evasion of property tax for this construction (between 900 and 1,000 square meters on the banks of the Pichileufu river, in the Pilcaniyeu ejido) has become a political issue in the Netherlands , where the parties of the ruling party and the opposition asked him for explanations. to the Prime Minister, Mark Rutte.

The hostel is located 75 kilometers from Bariloche and in an isolated region of the Patagonian steppe. It operates through marketing channels as exclusive as its services, but it also does not have commercial authorization and therefore does not pay municipal taxes, as confirmed by the manager of Pilcaniyeu, Néstor Ayuelef, PJ at Radio Con Vos in Buenos Aires.

But the queen wife of Holland, born in Buenos Aires 47 years ago, is not the only one not to pay taxes in the region.

Ayuelef revealed that the Italian group Benetton did not pay the commercial tariff of Pilcaniyeu despite the large number of hectares it has in this jurisdiction.

"We are a very small municipality, we have urban and rural areas, which is very large, and we do not have the tools to control everything," said the mayor.

The hostel is not declared as a construction before the cadastre of the province, neither as tourist provider nor as trade in the municipality of Pilcaniyeu. "If I had obtained a commercial authorization from the municipality of Pilcaniyeu, I would have to pay fees," said Ayulef, head quartermaster for fifteen years.

The province's economy minister, Barilochese Agustín Domingo, has apologized for giving information on this subject arguing that this is part of tax secrecy.

According to his words and those of the mayor, it is clear that the state has enormous limits to control the rural area of ​​the mountain range.

The Spanish newspaper El País reported that in Holland the problem had been introduced into political life. "The Social Democratic Party has asked the center-right government for explanations about the so-called tax crime committed by the Queen consort in Argentina, her homeland," he said. "Left-wing Dutch liberals, members of the ruling coalition, have also asked for clarification," because they are people who must give the example, "reported the Madrid newspaper.