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That's interesting – I always thought it was more like £60,000 in savings or something close to that amount?

Wow. 1 pound sterling is now 128 pesos. I wonder how high this is going to go…

For anyone sending from the UK, it looks like WU has just added the option to get paid into a local account here rather than in pick up cash, which is the first time I've seen that. And if you choose a bank transfer, some of the payment options are free. The current rate is also $110 pesos per...

I've made lots of transfers from the UK, but I always get someone else to transfer the money for me. I'm not sure whether you can transfer money to yourself if that's what you want to do because I haven't tried it. The person making the transfer can pay via bank account, debit card, etc, via...

I'm hoping that they end the quarantine on the proposed date, or maybe a week or so later, but I don't think things will go back to normal at all. Perhaps a 2-day week for schools? Or perhaps two weeks of relative normality, then a couple of weeks more of quarantine? Perhaps they could apply...

I've got a Wilobank account and I'm happy with it. The app's sometimes a bit buggy, but it's free and you get a debit and credit card. The credit card actually has a higher limit than my Galicia account, which I pay for. If all you need to do is transfer money into a local account, Wilobank...

I've been living in Argentina for over a decade and have been paying Bienes Personales for many of those years. This tax is nothing new, they've just increased the amount you have to pay this year on overseas assets. I'm here long-term and couldn't just leave the country if they caught up with...

I've been working for foreign clients from Argentina for years, and I agree the Monotributo is a good system. Easy to sort out, no accountant needed, and cheap monthly payments. However, if you want to do things legally, by far the biggest headache is the fact that you are obliged to bring all...

For any Brits, £1 is now over 100 pesos on WU. Amazing when you consider the official is still about 76.

That sounds like a truly terrible service. I'm realising now that every WU office seems to offer a completely different service, some good, some awful. I've used 3 so far. The first simply refused, said there was a problem receiving money from overseas (??). In the second place, they gave me a...

I think you need to have a DNI to use the local crypto exchanges like Ripio. But perhaps you can cash out at one of the Bitcoin ATMs? I haven't used them myself, but as far as I can see, all you need is a local telephone number to receive a text message. I think the rate is lower, but it might...

I'm using WU right now as the exchange rate is great. But from what I remember in the last cepo, Bitcoin was always at a much higher rate than WU. So it depends on what happens with rates. Also, you can buy bitcoins, send them to yourself and cash them out into your Arg bank account all online...

To be honest, I'm not sure. I've always used Ripio in the past, and when you sell the Bitcoins you can withdraw them directly to MercadoPago or your bank account. I haven't used it enough to worry about taxes though. If you did it regularly, I guess there might be some kind of taxes to pay. Or...

Western Union is also offering great rates right now for anyone sending money from the UK. I got someone to send some money this week and it was more or less at the blue rate. They sent the money via a bank transfer, which was the cheapest option, and I picked it up in cash.

I've only used my bank account so far, and with a service like Ripio you'll need a bank account. I'm sure there are ways to sell Bitcoins to people in Argentina for cash, but I haven't done this myself.

As far as I remember from the last cepo, Bitcoin always had a value around the Blue rate. There are now a number of exchanges you can use to transfer money via Bitcoin and cash out in Argentina at a very good rate (which will certainly save a trip to Uruguay to get dollars, which I used to do)...

I don't know whether you can send dollars to yourself with WU because I've never tried it. But if you have a friend or family member who can send you the dollars, you can easily pick them up in Uruguay. I used to do this all the time during the last cepo. I would get someone to send me dollars...

Sounds fun! That's interesting what you say, I've always done the Factura E in the electronic version as I started using them in 2017, and I've considered it the actual invoice. The system even allows you to change the language to English when you create it, which was another reason why I...

You're right, it's nuts. In the case where your client is paying you directly to your Argentina account, it would have to be the day the arrives at your bank here ready for liquidación. I can't see what else it could be. But as you say, you can't know that until it happens. Isn't the point of...

Yeah I saw that. I haven't done any facturas this week so I haven't used it, but I'm not sure exactly how it's supposed to work. Are we supposed to put an exact date for when clients are supposed to pay us? Maybe I'll just put 'as soon as possible'. If we have to specify a date, I guess I'll...