Consumers filled Bogotá’s malls and stores on Friday, the first of three days without Value Added Tax (VAT)promoted by the federal government and approved by Congress as a way to reactivate the economy seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Data released this Saturday show that about 6 million Colombians took advantage of the shopping day, which generated COP 5 billion, but all of this at a high cost: 88 large agglomerations were registered in Bogotá alone.
