CORRECT: Colombia to Add Fuel Subsidy Costs to 2023 Budget

(Corrects to say fuel subsidy costs will be incorporated to 2023 budget in second bullet)

• Colombia’s Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo speaks to reporters in Bogota after meeting with lawmakers to discuss the tax bill
• Colombia will incorporate the deficit caused by fuel subsidies in 2022 to the 2023 budget
• Reiterated the government is open to discussing changes to the proposed levy on dividends which is part of the tax bill sent to congress earlier this month
  • NOTE: From Aug. 18, Petro Taxes May Almost Kill Off Colombia Stock Market, Sura Says
• Expects tax bill to be approved by congressional ...