According to a communication from the Central Bank, operators who already have an approved license in the Argentine Import System for Services (SIRASE) will be able to access an official dollar if they meet a requirement.
Amid complaints from importers for the payment of Dollars authorized, the central bank enabled an exception for companies that allows canceling foreign services from a new financial loan.
According to Communication A 7893 operators who already have a license approved in the Argentina Import System for Services (SIRASE), They will be able to access an official dollar by simultaneously completing the settlement of a financial debt abroad.
This document indicates that for these purposes the pay It should be carried out simultaneously with the liquidation of a financial debt abroad that do not record capital maturities during the first 3 (three) months from settlement in the exchange market and that it has an average life of no less than 6 (six) months.
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For the payment of services with access to the MULC, importers had been registering the following problems:
– Waiting period of 60 calendar days from the date of approval of the SIRASE to pay codes S16, S17, S18, S19 and S22. Since there was no way to prove the approval date, there was no way to count the 60 days, for this reason the MLC could not be accessed. This requirement corresponds to point 1 of the Com. A 7746
– 90 day waiting period from the effective provision when the payment is made by local agents who collect in the country the funds corresponding to services provided by NON-RESIDENT RELATED COUNTERPARTIES for the concepts “S02. Freight services” or “S04. Other transportation services”. This requirement corresponds to point 2 of the Com. At 7746.
– Impossibility of validating the operation in the CCUCE Why does the inconsistency appear IN THE PROCESS OF ANALYSIS despite the SIRase being in APPROVED status.
In this framework, with this new modification the three drawbacks mentioned they would disappear.
According to a Estudio Carballeiro analysis, the point in question indicates that clients who access the exchange market to make payments for services to non-residents will be exempt from validating the operation in the computer system. “Single Foreign Trade Current Account” implemented by the AFIP and the deadlines provided for in points 1. and 2. of Communication “A” 7746, to the extent that they have a declaration SIRase in “APPROVED” status and the payment is made simultaneously with a settlement of a financial debt abroad that has an average life of no less than 6 (six) months and does not register capital maturities during the first 3 (three) months from the settlement in the capital market. changes.
Source: Ambito
