Argentina ranked 43rd in the world ranking of countries where the most taxes are paid

But beyond the discussion about the number of taxes, here we ask the question of whether Argentina will end up paying a lot of taxes. for this answer The level of tax revenue in relation to the gross domestic product, a procedure adopted by the International Monetary Fund for the Liberal Heritage Foundation. This leads to the conclusion that Argentina It ranks 43 out of 181 countries surveyed. Looks like latin america Fourth, behind Cuba, Brazil and Uruguay, Where many Argentine millionaires go is because they don’t pay taxes on their assets abroad, but where taxes are paid in larger amounts than here.

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France leads (where tax collection accounts for 46.2% of GDP), followed by Denmark, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Austria, Cuba (40.6%), Greece and the Netherlands (38.8%). From eleventh to twentieth place are Luxembourg, Croatia, Norway, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Iceland, Germany, Serbia, Montenegro and Slovenia (36%). From 21 to 30 show the Czech Republic, Portugal, Ukraine, Poland, Cyprus, Spain, the United Kingdom, Moldova, Estonia and Slovakia (32.9%). From 31 to 40 are Israel, Malta, Brazil (32.2%), Canada, New Zealand, Barbados, Seychelles, Uruguay (30.9%), Djibouti and Japan (30.6%). Solomon Islands ranked 41, followed by Latvia and Argentina (30.3%). Most of the countries that precede ours are well developed. Few rich countries tax less than Argentina: Switzerland (28.5%), Australia (27.8%), United States (27.1%), South Korea (26.9%), Ireland (22.8%) and Singapore (14.1%)), nothing more. The vast majority of countries have lower taxes than ours low and middle income, That is, developing or underdeveloped.

Another valid debate is whether Argentina spends a lot or does it efficiently. In the quantitative order of public expenditure, Argentina appears in 38th place, Second in Latin America, at 40.5% relative to GDP. The ranking was led by Kiribati (125.7%), Libya (105.8%), Cuba (64.8%), Micronesia (63.2%) and France (56.4%). Italy spends 48.8%; Germany 43.9%; Spain 41.5%; The United Kingdom 41%, Canada 40.5%, Japan 30.6%, and the United States 27.1%.

Dario Rossinolo, a professor at the Universities of Buenos Aires (UBA) and Cordoba, believes that “to analyze whether too much or too little is being paid, it is necessary to determine the indicator”: “Tax pressure in Argentina has increased in the past two years in terms of GDP, but without reach 2015 levels, being among the highest in Latin America. However, if the public expenditure increased more proportionally, the collection was partly used to finance the expenditure and the increase in the deficit was financed by the cash issue and indebtedness. Hence, in this case What needs to be analyzed is the level of public expenditure, which determine that tax pressure is increasing to finance them. In general, it was found that In countries with low level of development, tax administrations are less efficient in collecting taxes, which there are higher taxes or rates in those countries that offset spending needs.”

VAT without discrimination

Magdalena Roa, another university professor at UBA, does not believe that many taxes are paid in Argentina: “Big companies and high net worth individuals manage to reduce the payment of taxes through complex maneuvers and legal complications thanks to the fact that they have the services of professionals with large fees, Facilitators, while small businesses cannot avoid paying their taxes, as well as wage earners, suffer income tax withholding on their payroll receipts and value-added tax on their purchases. Argentina’s supposed high tax pressure does not apply to large businesses and assets. The data just doesn’t show that Argentine tax pressure is lower than the average of developed countries, But a large part of the wealth of high net worth individuals is located abroad and the Argentine treasury will not reach a significant part of it, given the official statistics of AFIP (Federal Administration of Public Revenue) and INDEC (Institute of Statistics and Census) “.

Adrián Falco, SES Foundation Coordinator, agrees with Rua: “In Argentina, The tax paid the most is VAT, which is a regressive tax that we all pay regardless of income s Personal assets are paid the least, a progressive tax targeting those who have the most. Payment of personal property is made on the basis of affidavits. It is without oversight that it promotes creative accounting and encourages plotted data.” However, he acknowledges that “it is true We must work to organize and simplify the tax system, But the only people with advice to pay less, advertise less, and create structures for false billing are not the majority.”

The IARAF report acknowledges that it represents taxes, fees, rights, and contributions. As he admits it 91% of the collection comes from only 12 taxes calculated out of 165. The other 153 collects only 9%.

The anti-CEPA report focused on taxes and warned that 36.7% of national collection comes from value-added tax, followed by profits (26.6%), export seizures and import tariffs (which add up to 15.1% in total). Regarding provincial income, 75.4% of total income comes, followed by stamps (8.7%), real estate (8.1%) and cars (6.1%). The center, headed by Litcher, warns that “the axis is under financial pressure to… Hide the underlying debate: The decline of our tax system. And remember that in Europe, taxes levied on the most profitable (profits) and those with the most (on assets) account for 55% of the collection, compared to 38% in Argentina.

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