Carbon taxation in Colombia: a tax mechanism against climate Change

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Carlos Esteban Aristizábal Alzate
José Luis González Manosalva

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This article tackles the foundations for the carbon tax and its advancements in the Colombian legal ordinance, as one of the new taxes in matters of tax collection and protection of the environment. Although the taxation mechanisms have a collectional purpose, this one in particular would be set up for redirecting the taxation passive subjects conduct towards rational and sustainable consumption patterns. This tributary mechanism enables the cooperation between companies, society and State for materializing the goals and the national environmental policies as well as those established within the scope of international agreements, and making itself evident in the exemptions included in the said tax, the improving in the image and an increase in the country’s business competitiveness.

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Carlos Esteban Aristizábal Alzate, Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano

Ingeniero químico, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia. Docente e investigador de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Aplicadas, Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, Medellín, Colombia. Miembro del Grupo de Investigación Química Básica y Ambiente (Alquimia), Medellín, Colombia. Correo electrónico: carlosaristizabal207157@correo.itm.edu.co

José Luis González Manosalva, Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano

Ingeniero civil, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia. Ingeniero sanitario, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. Especialista en Gestión Ambiental, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia. Investigador y jefe del Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y de la Construcción, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Aplicadas, Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, Medellín, Colombia. Miembro del Grupo de Investigación Química Básica y Ambiente (Alquimia), Medellín, Colombia. Correo electrónico: josegonzalez@itm.edu.co

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Aristizábal Alzate, C. E., & González Manosalva, J. L. (2019). Carbon taxation in Colombia: a tax mechanism against climate Change. Semestre Económico, 22(52), 179-202. https://doi.org/10.22395/seec.v22n52a8

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