News of income tax

World Bank: 40% of households in Argentina lost income during pandemic

30-11-2021 21:56 According to the World Bank, "food insecurity" almost doubled in Latin America and the Caribbean during the pandemic, with almost 40% of homes in Argentina hit by a drop in earnings.

ELECTIONS 2021

Economic hardships take their toll on stomachs – and society

12-11-2021 20:10 In La Boca and other disadvantaged neighbourhoods across the capital, soup kitchens have sprung up on almost every street corner, run by social movements with help from the state.

POVERTY

Study: 7 million children in Argentina live in impoverished households

04-08-2021 15:35 Around seven million, or 63%, of children aged under 14 in Argentina live in low-income households, with social vulnerability especially manifest in the north, a new study has revealed.

EDITORIAL

Second waves and third worlds

10-04-2021 09:26 The income tax cuts finally approved by the Senate last Thursday carry every appearance of being the right thing for the wrong reasons.

THE WEEK

What we learned this week: April 3rd- April 10th

10-04-2021 09:22 The stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

DEBT RELIEF

Mexico, Argentina urge debt relief for middle-income nations

08-04-2021 11:36 Mexico and Argentina call for international debt relief for middle-income countries home to many of the people pushed into extreme poverty by the coronavirus pandemic; IMF open to doing more to support nations hit hard by virus crisis.

'Ganancias' reform

‘Ganancias’: Senate official says income tax bill will clear upper house

30-03-2021 20:49 Senate Budget Committee chair predicts income tax bill recently approved in the lower house will clear upper chamber next Tuesday or Wednesday.

LOWER HOUSE APPROVAL

Government advances bill exempting 1.3 million from income tax

28-03-2021 16:08 Argentina’s lawmakers have taken a major step in exempting about 1.3 million citizens from paying income taxes.

Poverty and taxation

Wealth tax: inequality solution for Latin America?

19-02-2021 12:52 The income chasm between the rich and poor in Latin America has led to efforts to tax the wealthy – though the reception has been uneven across various countries.

LEGISLATIVE AGENDA

Massa seeks to lower income tax floor

13-02-2021 10:23 The government stands to lose some 40,000 billion pesos in revenue from these changes but hopes to recover much of this from the beneficiaries spending this extra money on items subject to IVA value-added taxation and other levies.

Coronavirus pandemic

Government doesn't expect to resume IFE payments this year

25-01-2021 23:31 Argentina will not need a new version of the Ingreso Familiar de Emergencia (IFE) scheme, implemented last year during the coronavirus pandemic, a senior government official has told Bloomberg.

POVERTY & THE PANDEMIC

Land occupations and rising poverty pose problems for Peronism

26-09-2020 08:53 The eviction of squatters at the Guernica encampment in Buenos Aires Province has been temporarily delayed – but the problems it poses and represents aren’t going away anytime soon.

PERIODISMO PURO | INTERVIEW

Miguel Pesce: ‘A dollar at 130 pesos would inflict unbearable levels of poverty’

26-09-2020 08:45 Following a week of difficult announcements, Central Bank chief Miguel Pesce sits down for a feature-length interview to explain the government’s logic in what he describes as “very arduous situation, aggravated by the action of speculators.” Nevertheless, Pesce remains optimistic over 2021 growth, lower inflation and export possibilities.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

THE WEEK

What we learned this week: July 4 to July 11

11-07-2020 08:39 Stories that caught our eye over the past seven days in Argentina.

MERCOSUR’S VIRTUAL SUMMIT

Mercosur vows unity in face of pandemic, as Macron cools on trade deal

04-07-2020 07:49 President Alberto Fernández calls for unity in face of the coronavirus pandemic during virtual summit, as reports in France suggest Emmanuel Macron has gone cold on Mercosur-EU trade deal.

News of income tax

World Bank: 40% of households in Argentina lost income during pandemic

Economic hardships take their toll on stomachs – and society

Study: 7 million children in Argentina live in impoverished households

Second waves and third worlds

What we learned this week: April 3rd- April 10th

Mexico, Argentina urge debt relief for middle-income nations

‘Ganancias’: Senate official says income tax bill will clear upper house

Government advances bill exempting 1.3 million from income tax

Wealth tax: inequality solution for Latin America?

Massa seeks to lower income tax floor

Government doesn't expect to resume IFE payments this year

Land occupations and rising poverty pose problems for Peronism

Miguel Pesce: ‘A dollar at 130 pesos would inflict unbearable levels of poverty’

What we learned this week: July 4 to July 11

Mercosur vows unity in face of pandemic, as Macron cools on trade deal

Fernández calls for Argentina's incorporation into the BRICS group

US Supreme Court ends constitutional right to abortion

The Supreme Court has Cristina in its sights

Is Colombia’s run-off Argentina’s run-up?

Tragedy in Recoleta: Five killed in tower block fire

Por qué un empresario propone colocar "estatuas de Cristina Kirchner en cada rincón de Uruguay"

Gimena Macri está embarazada y hará debutar como abuelo a Mauricio Macri

Corte en el Obelisco: mujeres piqueteras se concentran para anunciar “CFK, con nosotras no”

Todos contra todos, el oficialismo cada vez más lejos de sostener la “unidad hasta que duela”

La familia Pinedo sumó un nuevo emprendimiento: bodas "en el patio más lindo del mundo"