From the Argentine Chamber of Commerce and Services (CAC) they issued a statement this Friday (31.03.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX) showing their strong rejection of the increase in the tax burden on imports from the General Resolution No. 5339/2023, published days ago.
The Afip measure suspends until the end of the year the application of certificates of non-perception by the National Customs Directorate, which This will involve the collection of VAT and Income Tax payments on operations that were previously excluded. because the taxpayers in question have balances in their favor in said taxes.
"The regulation covers almost all importers who had processed and obtained the aforementioned certificates, since only micro or small companies, operations on behalf of and by order of the State, and those exempt from national taxes by the 2023 Budget Law are excluded," they indicated in the statement.
And they assured that "the cost in terms of devaluation of the sums that are perceived by the treasury until the time of their computation –both considering current inflation figures or market interest rates– implies that a large part of our country's import activity will de facto suffer a substantial increase in the already very high tax pressure it bears.
As the CAC has repeatedly warned – and as is public knowledge –, Argentina's foreign purchases are subject to significant restrictions of various kinds, which not only negatively affect the companies directly involved, but also disrupt the normal development of multiple branches of the national economic activity.
According to the communication of the commercial sector, such a situation combined with many other difficulties that our country has unfortunately been experiencing for some time, "It severely damages numerous companies, particularly SMEs, and adversely impacts activity and employment levels.«, They manifested.
In this way, the entity chaired by Natalio Mario Grinman adds that, in addition to causing the economic and financial damage indicated, "the aforementioned rule could violate constitutional rights such as property rights, tax capacity and the unnamed guarantee of reasonableness.
As well as the violation of legal security that it implies, the CAC expressed its discontent and advocates for "a prompt repeal» of the Resolution in question.
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