Sources of AFIP confirmed to Ambit the decision to move forward with the modification of the perceptive mechanism and pointed out that its objective is to “strengthen the fiscal front” by focusing on the taxpaying capacity of certain economic sectors. At the same time, they ratified that it will not affect purchases of foreign currency for hoarding, which will continue with a rate of 35%.
From the Government they indicated that it is a measure that accompanies those announced so far, aimed at guaranteeing fiscal balance and promoting the solvency of the State, in line with the statements of the Minister of Economy, Silvina Batakis.
Tonight, the president of the Central Bank, Miguel Fish, gave an interview with the channel C5N where he was consulted about AFIP’s decision to advance with the increase in the perception on account of Earnings and Personal Assets. “I was in the study,” he said, stating that in his opinion “It makes sense because when you do tourism abroad, in some way you are exhibiting taxpaying capacity.so that there is a perception of income tax”.
In recent weeks, the government has faced a shock in the markets after the untimely resignation of Martín Guzmán from the Ministry of Economy. Since then, the Dolar blue it jumped from $239 to $283 and reached a gap of 120% with the official currency.
At the same time, the high demand for foreign currency for imports continues to suffocate the BCRA’s coffers. In particular, the most worrying factor in the Government has to do with the increase in the energy sector, where the rise was driven by the rise in prices as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
This Wednesday, the Central Bank closed with a slight buying balance, due to strong demand for energy. In this framework, the banking entity was left with a balance of the exchange market of three million, in a round where the demand for energy once again exceeded 100 million.
With the favorable macroeconomic context, due to economic growth and the fall in unemployment, the government’s concern is not only focused on the evolution of inflation but also on controlling the outflow of foreign exchange due to imports, since it puts pressure on the availability of dollars for sectors industry key.
Dollar card abroad
In that scenario, the AFIP took the decision to apply the increase in perceptions to moderate the demand for dollars for consumption on trips and expenses abroad.
In this way, the exchange rate of the so-called “solidarity dollar” or “savings dollar” will continue to be -based on today’s closing price- $223 (official dollar plus the 30% surcharge of the COUNTRY tax and the advance on account of the Income Tax of 35%).
While the exchange rate of the “dollar card abroad” would be $237.85, based on Wednesday’s closing price.
The adequacy of the rate for the collection on account of taxes on Income and on Personal Assets established in 2020 falls on the operations covered by the PAIS Tax (which sets a surcharge of 30% for all retail operations in dollars, since either for hoarding or payment of goods and services), except for the purchase of foreign currency for hoarding.
Source: Ambito
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