The DGI reported the decrease in August, where gross receipts reached $49,381 million. It accumulates a decline of 2.1% in the year.
The collection of the General Tax Directorate It fell 3.5% real year-on-year in August, marking its third consecutive fall and accentuating the fiscal deterioration that the country is going through, within the framework of a calendar year where it only showed increases in January and May.
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Thus, after a quarter where the collection comes from falling 1.71%, accumulates a decrease of 2.1% so far this year, driven mainly by lower income linked to the VAT of imports and IRAE.
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Specifically, the DGI reported that the collection total gross reached 49,381 million pesos in August, while the collection net, discounting the return of taxes, reached 41,288 million pesos, with a 3.4% real year-on-year drop.
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Graphic: DGI
The incidence of VAT linked to imports
With respect to taxes linked to consumption, collection of the VAT reached 22,812 million pesos, representing 46.2% of the collection total gross, but with a real drop of 5.2% monthly and 1.5% so far this year. The greatest contribution was given by VAT imports, with a decrease of 15%.
Meanwhile, the perception of IMESI reached 4,926 million pesos, representing 10% of the collection total gross, with an increase of 5.5% in August, despite the decline of 5.3% in the accumulated annual figure.
income taxes
With respect to IRAE, the collection It reached 6,133 million pesos, representing 12.4% of the total, with a monthly decline of 12.2% and 2.1% so far this year.
Finally, the perception of Income Tax reached 8,688 million pesos and represented 17.6% of the collection. During the month it grew 1.5% in real terms, while it accumulated 3% between January and August.
Source: Ambito