Discretionary funds of the national government to the provinces registered in March a strong increase of 224%, According to official data from the Ministry of Economy. There were $ 283,396 million for 24 jurisdictions.
While the figure looks important, strict Supreme Court in favor of the City of Buenos Aires for the claim of its percentage of federal co -participation.
“In March, the provinces received $ 283,396 million and $ 176,152 million if compliance with precautionary measure CSJN 1864/2022 (CABA) is excluded. In the latter case it implies a nominal year -on -year rise of 210.1% and a real rise of 101.3%,” said the headline of the head of the head Argentine Institute of Fiscal Analysis (Iaraf), Nadin Argañaraz.
The economist clarifies that “if accrued expense is considered (without court failure) a nominal rise of 32.8% and a real drop of 13.8% were observed.”
Provinces: how the funds were distributed
According to an analysis prepared by the consultant Politikon Chaco, the distribution of funds “was highly asymmetric in favor of CABA.”
“This district took 51.2% of the total paid in March with $ 145,330 million; of that total received by the Autonomous City, 74% corresponded to payments for compliance with the precautionary measure CSJN 1864/2022,” says the consultant.
In terms of participation On the distributed total, after CABA the province of Buenos Aires was located with 25.9% of the total ($ 73,519 million) and Chaco with 4% ($ 11,316 million).
Then, thirteen districts received between $ 1.2 billion and $ 7.5 billion; And at the bottom of the ranking, eight provinces are observed that captured less than $ 1 billion, of which Chubut was the province with the lowest reception of funds in the month, with just $ 2 million.
ATN accumulated cast in 2025
The Contributions of the National Treasury (ATN) distributed to provinces in the 1st quarter 2025 were for $ 43,000 million ($ 7 thousand in January; and $ 18 billion in February and equal figure in March). That total is equivalent 20.5% of the ATN fund formed ($ 209,276 million to 1st quarter).
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Thus, the first 2025 quarter was the highest level of ATN distribution since 2020. In March three provinces received discretionary money: Buenos Aires, with $ 10,000 million and Neuquén and San Juan, with $ 4,000 million each.
Source: Ambito
