智利国会周二批准了总统卡斯特推行的经济改革方案的几乎所有剩余条款 [1]。该改革旨在削减企业税率、刺激经济增长和创造就业 [1]。
根据改革方案，大企业法人税率将从27%逐步降低到23% [1]，新建住房将免征增值税 [1]。该法案已在参议院获得批准，目前仅剩市政补偿税收减免的一个技术性问题待解决 [1]。
卡斯特对改革进展表示，"我希望所有政治部门将共同努力，使剩余问题能够迅速解决" [1]。财政部长豪尔赫·基罗斯也表示，"我们非常满意" [1]。
然而，左翼反对派对改革方案提出强烈批评 [1]。左翼广泛阵线联盟主席康斯坦萨·马丁内斯指出，"很清楚，何塞·安东尼奥·卡斯特关于安全、就业和移民的所有言论只是特洛伊木马，用来推进他真正关心的项目：为最富有的智利人减税" [1]。左翼反对派誓言向宪法法院提出质证 [1]。
另据报告，2026年第一季度智利经济收缩0.5% [1]，2026年3月至5月失业率为9.4%，为2021年6月以来最高水平 [1]。卡斯特于3月上任 [1]。
Chile's Congress on Tuesday approved nearly all remaining provisions of President José Antonio Kast's sweeping economic reform package, moving the legislation closer to becoming law [1]. The reforms aim to reduce corporate tax rates, stimulate economic growth, and generate employment [1].
The Senate has already granted approval to the measures, with only a technical issue regarding municipal tax compensation exemptions remaining to be resolved [1]. Under the approved reforms, the corporate income tax rate for large enterprises will be gradually lowered from 27 percent to 23 percent [1], and newly constructed housing will be exempted from value-added tax [1].
President Kast, who took office in March, expressed optimism about moving forward, stating: "I hope all political sectors will work together so that remaining issues can be resolved quickly" [1]. Finance Minister Jorge Quirós echoed the sentiment, saying: "We are very satisfied" [1].
The economic context underscores the administration's reform agenda. Chile's economy contracted 0.5 percent in the first quarter of 2026 [1], while the unemployment rate reached 9.4 percent between March and May 2026, the highest level since June 2021 [1].
The left-wing opposition has mounted strong criticism of the package. Constanza Martínez, leader of the Broad Front coalition, characterized the reforms as serving the wealthy, stating: "It is clear that all of José Antonio Kast's discourse about security, employment and immigration is just a Trojan horse to advance the project he really cares about: tax cuts for the richest Chileans" [1]. The opposition has pledged to challenge the reforms before the Constitutional Court [1].