The Customs Collection and Control Agency (ARCA) repealed the regulations No. 5607/24 published last week in the Official Gazette and which was the reason for the departure of the person who was the head of the organization until Saturday, Florence Misrahi.
And as Ámbito reported, one of the reasons that strained Mizrahi’s leadership in front of the organization was the imposition of a tax on influencers and streamers, who had to begin paying taxes for their economic activities, both for the provision of communication services and advertising as well as the creation of content on digital platforms. The regime, which was made official this week through an ARCA resolution, also included exchanges.
Thus, this Tuesday, through the General Resolution 5612/2024 of the ex-AFIP The rule that updated the “Classifier of Economic Activities (CLAE)” used by the agency to organize and group the economic activities of taxpayers was repealed.
The official text indicates that in the midst of the economic context, the organization will once again analyze the economic activities to be incorporated. “To this end, the aforementioned regulations (No. 5,607) are repealed.“.
The resolution comes into force on the day of its publication in the Official Gazette. In addition, it is noted that the provisions have been reviewed by the competent legal and technical areas.
Misrahi’s departure
Florence Misrahi had been elected as head of ARK (at that time, AFIP) before the start of management and arrived with a solid track record in cross-border agricultural businesses (he worked at the cereal multinational Cargill) and in tax advice for law firms. The tension with another internal sector of the Government, referenced with the presidential advisor Santiago Caputoexisted before the name change of the organization.
Last week, the Customs Collection and Control Agency (ARCA) updated the Form 883Classifier of Economic Activities (CLAE), with the aim of organizing, codifying and grouping in a more homogeneous and efficient way the new forms of business and innovative services that have emerged with the expansion of virtual platforms.
Which in simple terms, included the collection of taxes on activities related to the live transmission of programs through streaming platforms, cryptoasset management and advertising with audiovisual content, among other digital services that have gained relevance in recent years.
Who is Juan Pazo, the new head of ARCA
Juan Pazo it’s a lawyer with past in the government of Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) and in private management. With the arrival of Javier Milei to power, he became a key official of the Minister of Economy Luis Caputo. He was the one who spoke with the main representatives of the business chambers, from the industrialists of the UIA to the agricultural, livestock and fishing entities.
During the Macri government it was director of Institutional Communication of the Financial Information Unit (UIF)the Executive’s anti-money laundering body, between 2016 and 2017, and from January of that year to December 2019, Superintendent of Insurance of the Nation.
Before he was in public service, He was the CEO of the textile companies of businessman Francisco De Narváez, He briefly entered politics in 2009, where he won the elections for national deputy for the province of Buenos Aires against none other than Néstor Kirchner.
It was also CEO of Rapsodia offshore firms, a brand co-founded by his wife and the livestock company Invernea SA.
Source: Ambito
