Tag: AFIP

• Friday, June 1st 2012 - 01:24 UTC

  Argentine top lawmaker admits having his savings in dollars “and I won’t sell them”

  

  A top Argentine lawmaker came on stage (and lost his temper) when he had to explain why his savings are in dollars after the government of President Cristina Fernandez, including him personally, launched not only strong restriction policies on dollar purchases, but told the population to forget about dollars and start thinking in pesos.

• Wednesday, May 30th 2012 - 04:43 UTC

  If lucky at the end of the labyrinth, CFK might bless you with a few bucks

  

  The following is an instructive of the steps to follow in the labyrinth set up by the Argentine bureaucracy to have access to a limited amount of US dollars. The instructive should help clear some of the latest measures implemented by the administration of President Cristina Kirchner and was published on Tuesday by The Buenos Aires Herald and Ambito Financiero.

• Tuesday, May 29th 2012 - 00:14 UTC

  Dollar restrictions target money of ‘non-declared origin’ argues Argentine Senator

  

  Argentine Senator and former cabinet chief Anibal Fernandez strongly defended on Monday restrictions imposed by the government on dollar purchases arguing it would be “suicidal” to return to a flexible scheme which he insisted was implemented in defence of “the interests of Argentina”.

• Friday, May 25th 2012 - 06:56 UTC

  Argentina extends dollar purchase control to residents travelling abroad

  

  Argentina announced on Thursday the use of a new computer tool to gather information from buyers of holiday packages from travel agencies, in another attempt to control savers thirst for greenbacks after the government's crackdown on access to dollars.

• Wednesday, April 25th 2012 - 06:21 UTC

  Uruguay and Argentina reach agreement on tax information exchange

  

  Uruguay and Argentina agreed to exchange tax data in a deal that gives Argentine inspectors the power to dig up information on savers with bank accounts in the neighbouring country, officials said on Tuesday.

• Thursday, January 19th 2012 - 03:57 UTC

  Brazilian government considers Argentina “a permanent problem” in economic issues

  

  Industry and Foreign Trade minister Fernando Pimentel expressed on Wednesday the Brazilian government’s deep disappointment with the latest Argentine legislation to be implemented on trade saying that Argentina is “a permanent problem”.

• Saturday, January 14th 2012 - 06:03 UTC

  Brazil warns it is ready to respond to Argentina’s new trade restrictions

  

  Brazil's government is ready to respond to Argentine trade restrictions introduced this week but will evaluate the impact of the measures before making any retaliatory moves, trade officials said Friday.

• Thursday, January 12th 2012 - 21:21 UTC

  Argentine industry ‘under risk with new ‘super-license’ imports’ system

  

  While Argentina’s Mercosur trade partners have adopted a cautious attitude regarding the latest measures that make it more cumbersome and bureaucratic to sell to Argentina, the country’s manufacturers and importers have warned of the consequences and called for a more balanced approach to the issue.

• Friday, December 30th 2011 - 06:17 UTC

  Organized labour relations with President Cristina Fernandez are ‘all suspended’

  

  “There are no contacts at all of any kind with the government, they have been all suspended” said on Thursday the Deputy Secretary of the Argentine powerful teamsters union Pablo Moyano when asked about current relations between organized labour and the administration of President Cristina Fernandez.

• Monday, December 19th 2011 - 03:11 UTC

  Argentina appeals to sniffer dogs to detect capital flight at border crossings

  

  Argentina attempt to control capital flight through strict foreign exchange measures including the tax revenue office which gives its approval or denial to foreign money transactions have added another tool: sniffer dogs.