An escape scandal for Queen Máxima | The A …

Queen Máxima Zorreguieta of the Netherlands is involved in a scandal of tax evasion in Argentina, which is already causing problems in her country. It will have in Patagonia a property of three plots of 3,000 hectares, which functions as a youth hostel with undeclared renovations. Dutch MPs echoed the lawsuit filed in the Argentine province, accusing the queen of escaping the payment of her taxes and now demanding explanations from the country's prime minister, Mark Rutte. In addition to the request for reporting in the Netherlands, the Río Negro Grande Front commissioned the Tax Recovery Agency to investigate the tax situation of Zorreguieta and other tycoons with real estate in the province.

The denunciations affecting the Dutch crown stem from journalistic investigations according to which a hotel of nearly 800 square meters built in the Pilpilcura residence, owned by the Queen and her brothers Juan and Inés (who died last year), does not possess not the commercial authorization of tourist exploitation and has not been declared in the registry of the cadastre of Rio Negro. In these lands, inscribed in the Queen's name, is a five-room inn, although this construction and the other modifications are not declared. In this complex, Macri stayed in December 2016 with his family after crossing Villa La Angostura.

The information on the website The rocket on the moon was confirmed sometime later by the mayor of the pilgrimage town of Pilcaniyeu, Néstor Ayuelef, who pointed out that the Queen's relatives "have never" proceeded "to a commercial permit as "tourist accommodation" of the complex. , which is located about 65 kilometers from the city of San Carlos de Bariloche. "The hotel works with tourists, we know it, but they never came here to perform the commercial authorization process as tourist accommodation, so they can not pay the taxes that affect the activity, they must appear as monotributists, "said Ayuele. The estancia is located in a geography of the southern paradise desert, crossed by the Pichileufu River, just 40 kilometers from Pilcaniyeu. It is currently managed by Queen's maternal aunt, Marcela Cerrutti Carricart.

The case started in the Dutch Parliament, where the opposition asked for a detailed report on the property. Social Democrat MP Attje Kuiken (PvdA) called for "immediate clarification" to Rutte and stressed that "the richest people in the world are trying in every possible way not to contribute" to society, but that the family Royal Dutch is not a party of that, but to set a good example. "

Joost Sneller, a member of the Democrats 66 party, a member of the current government coalition, said: "These are people who play a role that requires exemplarity.I think it is good that this be clarified" , did he declare. Rutte was forced to go out and talk too. "Queen Máxima respects the laws and tax regulations in force in Argentina, as they have been confirmed by the competent authorities," he said.