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📊 A shift in rhetoric that the crypto market listened to closely
At the 82nd Annual Assembly of Fedecámaras, Seniat Superintendent Román Maniglia made a remark that quickly spread among accountants, merchants and—even though he did not mention them—crypto-asset operators: he does not want the agency to grow on the back of fines, but through the country’s economic growth. The statement, accompanied by a full tax panel, points to a reform that would affect the Organic Tax Code, income tax, VAT, harmonization with municipal and state governments, and the ever-controversial parafiscal system.

📊 An agreement connecting banking with the tax authority
The National Integrated Customs and Tax Administration Service (Seniat) and the Superintendency of Banking Sector Institutions (Sudeban) signed a cooperation agreement with a very specific goal: allowing the tax agency to access and cross-reference data currently held in banks’ systems. The document was signed by Román Maniglia on behalf of Seniat and Anmy Pérez on behalf of Sudeban, and is part of the agenda President Delcy Rodríguez has outlined to modernize public administration.

Alliance between Seniat and Sudeban to promote information exchange and strengthen tax collection
The aim of the Seniat-Sudeban alliance is to foster a new tax culture in line with the strategy set out by President Delcy Rodríguez to build an agile, efficient, and transparent state.
The National Integrated Service for Customs and Tax Administration (Seniat) and the Superintendency of Banking Sector Institutions (Sudeban) have formalized a strategic alliance to exchange information and connect with the national financial system in order to facilitate and support tax collection.

The National Integrated Service of Customs and Tax Administration (Seniat) has returned to the tables of the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT), the technical group that brings together more than 40 tax administrations from around the world and which this year met in Madrid. Superintendent Román Maniglia confirmed the readmission and discussed a cooperation agenda, technological innovation, and training. It sounds like a ceremonial note, but for anyone who moves USDT every day in Venezuela, it isn’t.

## Numbers that speak more than taxes
The National Service of Customs and Tax Administration (Seniat) reported that during August tax collection reached 817.7 billion bolivars, equivalent to 1,059.37 million dollars. The figure, which implies a real increase of 25% compared to the same period of 2025, is not just a statistic for accountants. In a country where the bolívar and the dollar coexist in a complex dance, these numbers raise alarms and opportunities for those operating in the P2P market and cryptocurrencies.

Economist expects it to continue to decline so that price pressure eases
There has been a reduction in the exchange-rate gap, which reached 12%, its lowest point in recent weeks, but it has risen again somewhat and is now between 15% and 18%. However, it is still lower than the 30% seen a few months ago. In that sense, it is positive news, according to economist Asdrubal Oliveros.
“Let’s hope the gap keeps narrowing because its main consequence is that it reduces pressure on prices and even brings prices down—especially in dollars. One of the most negative consequences of a high exchange-rate gap is that prices in dollars are inflated. That’s why Venezuela in dollars is an extremely expensive economy,” he said.