Tag: Argentine Tax Bureau (AFIP)

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2024 - 09:13 UTC

  Milei reshapes Tax Bureau, blends it with Customs

  

  The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei announced Monday that it was dissolving the Federal Administration of Public Revenues (AFIP), which is to be replaced by a simplified agency known as ARCA which will also assume Customs functions.

• Saturday, September 24th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Argentina limits door-to-door purchases abroad

  

  Argentina's Federal Administration of Public Revenues (AFIP) tax bureau has lowered the cap from US$ 3,000 to US$ 1,000 on door-to-door online purchases effective Sept. 23, in a move to curb foreign currency expenditures that drain the Central Bank's reserves.

• Wednesday, January 15th 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  Ticket purchase in Argentina for flights to the Falklands will not be subject to the 30% tax

  

  The purchase of tickets in Argentina to the Falklands, South Georgia and South Sandwich islands will not the subject to the 30% tax recently approved by the Argentine Congress and extensive to all overseas travel. The decree with the details is expected to be published in the Official Gazette later this week, according to the Argentine federal tax revenue office, AFIP.

• Thursday, November 17th 2016 - 09:29 UTC

  Embargo imposed on those responsible for Buenos Aires Herald newspaper

  

  Judge Marcelo Aguinsky imposed an embargo of over 5 million pesos for unpaid taxes and pension contributions on the assests of those responsible for running the Buenos Aires Herald, a daily newspaper originally conceived for the English-speaking community, which saw its last print edition come out in October.

• Tuesday, September 6th 2016 - 17:21 UTC

  Argentina undergoing a values' change, says Macri; the time of messianic leaders is over

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri said on Monday that the time of messianic leaders who hand to hand with lies denied reality is over, and pointed out that the country is undergoing a deep transformation, not only economic, but equally significant of values and success will be achieved if all Argentines understand this and put it into practice.

• Wednesday, May 11th 2016 - 14:03 UTC

  Panama Papers are becoming an additional challenge for President Macri

  

  Argentine Federal Judge Sebastian Casanello has sent legal requests to Uruguay, United Kingdom, Ireland, Panama and Brazil, and likewise ordered local financial institutions in the country to provide data on the Macri family accounts as part of an ongoing investigation of the Argentine president overseas assets in so called tax havens, which emerged from the latest release of Panama Papers by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

• Thursday, April 28th 2016 - 07:37 UTC

  Corruption network ever closer to Cristina Fernandez as associates are investigated

  

  Argentina's Lower House member and former Secretary of ex president Cristina Fernandez, Eduardo “Wado” De Pedro is under prosecution investigation following claims he over billed travel expenses while overseas in 2015 as part of the presidential delegations.

• Saturday, April 9th 2016 - 15:21 UTC

  Argentine judge will certify Macri's assets' statement; president pledges blind trust

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri on Friday requested a court to certify his declaration of assets in order to clear up any doubts following the surfacing of his name in a couple of offshore companies, according to the so called Panama Papers. Lawyer Felipe Llerena presented a writ before the Civil Appeals Court in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2016 - 06:06 UTC

  Macri admits he was member of family offshore society, but it was reported to the Argentina tax office

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri came on stage on Monday to defend himself as he is one of the world leaders to appear as director of an offshore society in the so called “Panama Papers” leak that triggered a worldwide scandal.

• Friday, June 26th 2015 - 06:53 UTC

  Argentina's vice-president to stand trial on bribery and conflict of interests charges

  

  Argentina's vice-president Amado Boudou is expected to stand trial within the next two weeks, for his involvement in the transfer of the former Ciccone mint, the company that prints Argentina's peso bills. The decision by Federal Judge Ariel Lijo follows on the Federal Cassation Court confirming the indictment Boudou on charges of bribery and negotiations incompatible with public office (conflict of interests).