Tag: AFIP

Tuesday, May 8th 2018 - 08:08 UTC
Overseas accounts of 35.000 Argentines caught in the taxman's web

Argentina's Internal Revenue Service, AFIP, announced it had received information on 35.000 overseas bank accounts held by Argentines, which should make it easier to control payment deadlines of the respective sworn statements on taxes, profits and assets.
Thursday, October 23rd 2014 - 05:39 UTC
Tax-office chief admits 'business links' between Cristina Fernandez and a controversial businessman

Argentina's head of the tax office, Ricardo Echegaray admitted 'business links' between president Cristina Fernandez and businessman Lazaro Baez, who has been accused of money laundering and falsifying documents.
Friday, May 17th 2013 - 06:46 UTC
Argentine whitewash bill turning into ugly electoral debate

Argentina’s whitewashing bill or more modestly ‘tax amnesty’ has joined the political debate of the coming October mid-term elections. The tax revenue bureau or AFIP confirmed taxpayers’ “legitimate externalization right” “will not be affected” even in the “hypothetical case that the opposition manages to rally a majority parliamentary stance” after October’s legislative elections.
Saturday, April 27th 2013 - 04:25 UTC
Argentines fear major devaluation of the Peso and dollar sets new record at 9.34

The US dollar in the ‘blue’ or parallel market kept climbing in Argentina ending a week of consecutive records reaching on Friday 9.30 and 9.34 Pesos (buying and selling price) 14 cents more than on Thursday. Since the beginning of the year the US dollar has climbed 36.97% while the official rate stands at 5.18 Pesos, with an increase of only 5.3%.
Saturday, March 23rd 2013 - 10:51 UTC
Falkland Islands becomes an issue of controversy for Argentina’s federal tax revenue office

Argentina’s federal tax revenue office, AFIP said that trips to the Malvinas Islands, as well as expenses are included in the new 20% levy imposed on credit and debit card purchases in foreign countries, despite the fact the Falklands are considered Argentine territory, because of geopolitical reasons.
Friday, March 22nd 2013 - 21:23 UTC
Uruguay’s economic-trade relations with Argentina at ‘their worst moment in a long time’

The economic-trade relations with Argentina are going through ‘their worst moment in a long time’, and the latest measures announced by the government of President Cristina Fernandez have a ‘very harmful effect’ on Uruguay, said Vice-president Danilo Astori on Friday.
Wednesday, March 20th 2013 - 08:13 UTC
For Argentina’s tax-revenue office Afip, Malvinas are a foreign territory, most probably British

Despite persistent claims before the world, and his Holiness, that the Malvinas Islands are Argentine, for the tax office in Buenos Aires in practical terms they really are a foreign country, according to the latest resolution which applies an additional fee of 20% to tickets and overseas expenditure with Argentine debit or credit cards.
Monday, January 14th 2013 - 04:02 UTC
Argentine government ‘dollar clamp’ suffers another court defeat

A court in the Argentine province of Cordoba ordered the Banco Nación to sell US dollars to a teacher, after she was authorized by AFIP tax agency to purchase Brazilian Reais, but could not do so due to lack of currency.
Friday, January 11th 2013 - 08:36 UTC
Argentine tourists must pay 8 pesos for the US dollar in neighbouring countries

Following on the climbing tendency since the beginning of the year, the ‘blue’ or ‘parallel’ US dollar traded in Buenos Aires at 7.25 Argentine Pesos with a 46% gap over the ‘official’ dollar that remained relatively stable at 4.95 Pesos.
Friday, January 4th 2013 - 22:09 UTC
Argentina implements strict rules and controls on the soccer industry

Every soccer team from the Argentine First and Second Division will as of this week have to open a bank account where they will deposit the total sum of money generated from soccer player transfers. Financial rights will now solely belong to the entities involved.