Tax collection reached $4.06 trillion in August, a figure that is equivalent to a variation of 134.6% compared to the same month last year.above the estimated price change for the period, something that had not happened since last December, reported this Friday the AFIP.
Thus, the national collection would have increased by a real 6.4% in August, according to calculations by economist Nadin Argañaraz.
There were five main sources of tax resources that registered a significant performance. On one hand, the COUNTRY taxwhich with a collection of $211,902 million grew by 506% compared to August 2022. This rise is explained by the recent measures adopted with payment on account for certain import operations for which foreign currency is demanded.
The resources contributed by the Tax on Value Added (VAT) during August increased by 166.4% with a monthly collection of $1.4 trillion.
The impact of the tax administration measures adopted by the AFIP, such as tax monitoring and improvements in the digital platform collection regime, among others, have a positive effect on this tax, both in the tax and customs components. In the latter it also impacted the suspension of non-withholding certificates for certain importers.
Credits and Debits in Current Account registered in August a 138.2% increase compared to the same month last year, above average collection. The optimization of control mechanisms in VAT implied higher registrations in the operations that had an impact on this tax.
The resources of the Social Security, like the previous months, again showed a favorable evolution of employment and wages with an increase of 130.5% in August compared to the same month in 2022.
The Import Dutiesdue to the impulse of the variation of the exchange rate, they increased by 131.3% compared to August last year.
In the first eight months of 2023, tax resources accumulated resources for $23.6 trillion, an increase of 103% when compared to the same period in 2022, which marks a real drop of more than 4%.
The tributes that grew above the average were COUNTRY tax, 155.4%; VAT, 133.2%; Personal Property, 124.4%; Other partners, 120.1%; Internal Co-participants, 118.2%; Social Security resources, 116.3%, and Credits and Debits in Account. Cte., 114.8%.
Source: Ambito
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