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VAT is paid at each stage of the production or distribution of goods or services upon the value added
during each of the stages. Thus, this tax does not have a cumulative effect.
The tax is levied on the difference between the so-called "tax debit" and the "tax credit".
The difference between the "tax debit" and the tax credit", if it is positive, constitutes the amount to
be paid to the Tax Authority. The present general rate for this tax is 21%. Sales and imports of capital
goods are however subject to VAT at a lower tax rate of 10.5%.
Stamp Tax
Stamp tax is a local tax levied on public or private instruments, executed in Argentina or, if executed
abroad, when those instruments are deemed to have effects in one or more relevant jurisdictions
within Argentina. In general, this tax is calculated on the economic value of the agreement.
of securities (valores) or documents, drafts and transfers of funds made by any means, when these
transactions are performed by entities regulated by the Financial Entities Law No. 21,526 of
February 1977. Transfers and deliveries of funds also fall within the scope of this tax, regardless of
the person or entity that performs them, when those transactions are made through organized
systems of payment in substitution for checking accounts. The tax law and its regulations provide
several exemptions to this tax.
The general rate of the tax is 0.6% over each credit and debit. An increased rate of 1.2% applies in
cases in which there has been a substitution for the use of a checking account.
Tax Treaties
Argentina has tax treaties presently in force with the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Bolivia,
Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, The Netherlands, The Russian Federation and the United Kingdom. These treaties are
based, other than those with South American countries, upon the OECD model and particularly seek
to avoid double taxation. Presently, there is no tax treaty between Argentina and the United States.
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