After the debut of the 21% refund at shopping in supermarkets, stores and other businesses, users recorded delays in refunds. This is mainly because the banks They are adjusting the systems. As specified in the sector, the returns “They will be accredited starting this Friday“.
The week began with the implementation of the “Buy without VAT”, the program that determines the reimbursement of up to $18,800 per month for workers in a dependency relationship with salaries of up to $708,000, pure monotributistas, workers in private homes, retirees and pensioners who earn up to six minimum salaries, beneficiaries of the AUH and Potenciar Trabajo.
Last Friday, the Federal Public Revenue Administration (AFIP) carried out a massive operation in 1,473 butcher and grocery stores, 633 bakeries and 2,418 local businesses around the country, to verify that they have the electronic means that accept debit cards and, in this way, consumers can access the established returns in the program. Also, Carlos Castagneto from AFIP clarified that the first days could be registered delays.
However, banks are still in the process of readjusting their systems to record the 21% refund in the accounts associated with the debit card.
According to estimates from the sector, the refund, which objectively is not the VAT itself, but rather the monthly amount already determined, It may be reflected starting Friday and will retroactively include consumption made since Monday. Not all entities were able to give a precise answer regarding how and when the measure will be implemented.
From a bench, in dialogue with Ambit, they did justify the brief delay in applying the refund: “The universe expanded to 18 million people, which are all those who have a debit card. Now work is being done between the AFIP, which has the new CUIT included; the banks, which hold the bank accounts; virtual wallets and card processors to carry out the procedure.”
VAT refund: Do I have to make a claim if I have not yet been reimbursed?
No. The organization clarified that there is no need to carry out a procedure. It will be credited to the accounts automatically.
VAT refund: who are the subjects reached
Subjects who receive any of the following concepts, not mutually exclusive, will be beneficiaries of the refund regime:
a) Retirees, pension beneficiaries due to death and non-contributory national contributions.
b) Beneficiaries of universal allowances per child for social protection.
The total monthly amount of this income must not exceed the sum of six guaranteed minimum assets.
c) Beneficiaries of pregnancy allowances for social protection.
and) Workers in dependency relationship, provided that the monthly income does not exceed the sum of six times the Minimum, Vital and Mobile Wage. For this income, the gross remuneration accrued in the fiscal period expired in the same month in which the information of the beneficiary subjects is sent to the managing entities of debit card systems will be taken into consideration. In the case of multiple employment, the sum of the gross remuneration will be considered.
For the current month, the remunerations reported in the period of August 2023 will be considered.
f) Personnel of Private Houses.
g) Monotributistasexcept that they obtain income from concepts included in the last paragraph of article 11 of the annex to law 24,977.
Source: Ambito
