Foreigners (Tourists & Non-Res) Cannot Use Ars For Travel

[GuilleGee]

No 35% tax on domestic plane tickets....

What about the 35% tax ADVANCE was included? Well seems logical if purchased by a resident for a non resident?

 

[ajoknoblauch]

Really I dont see what tall the fuss is about. If you live here / earn in Pesos, you should have residency. Paraguyans, Brazilians, etc. that live here can get residency easily as Mercosur residents, they just need to process it. If you are from another country, there are different ways to get residency. If you dont qualify for any of these, but you still want to move to Argentina, work in an informal job, and get paid in Pesos - that is your decision and you will have to budget accordingly. Why should the government let you take advantage of their established exchange rate.

At least in Argentina it is easy to get residency, and even if you do not have residency, you are not going to be treated like a criminal for living here. I agree that this is confounding as a long term public policy, but the government needs to stop the dollar "bleed" and this is a way, at least in small part, to do so.

The government created the dollar "bleed" through its own inept economic policies, and will leave the mess for someone else to clean up (after the forensics have done their analysis, presumably). I wonder why no other country except Venezuela is lacking for dollars?

 

[GuilleGee]

The government created the dollar "bleed" through its own inept economic policies

OK - so your argument would be that they are not attacking the root cause? I agree. But I also agree that it is important to stop the symptoms before attacking the root cause. And I imagine from your post that you have no problems with this policy specifically, but rather with the entire economic "plan" in general.

 

[jackbower]

The government created the dollar "bleed" through its own inept economic policies, and will leave the mess for someone else to clean up (after the forensics have done their analysis, presumably). I wonder why no other country except Venezuela is lacking for dollars?

Venezuela isnt lacking dollars. They are pulling in close to 100 billion Dollars a year in oil revenue alone.

 

[Somewhereinba]

Venezuela isnt lacking dollars. They are pulling in close to 100 billion Dollars a year in oil revenue alone.

That oil revenue accounts for the majority of the countries dollar reserves, a shitload (nearly 50 billion) goes to the state for distribution and to support the economy. Venezuela currently has ~20 billion in reserves which is very low, however the Government believe that will be increased to their 'ideal' of 30 billion from loans and assistance from PDVSA. The reason Venezuela also has the black market is the same reason Argentina has it, currency controls and a lot of foreign debt.

 

[Dublin2BuenosAires]

I would love to see an alternative plan, that is my main gripe regarding local politics here. Where is Massa or Macri with their plan?

We believe this is crazy and we would do XYZ....

Same with the expats really, it's easy shooting fish in a barrel but I have yet to here any changes proposed which would really benefit the nation as a whole. I believe that a managed transition to an open economy is necessary. Instant liberalisation would make the 90s in Russia look civilised, nor would I would support the facilitation of wealth concentration and the conbination of strongman govt and oligarchs which exist there. I'd love to see someone plot out a path but locally it seems no one will take the risk.

 

[jackbower]

That oil revenue accounts for the majority of the countries dollar reserves, a shitload (nearly 50 billion) goes to the state for distribution and to support the economy. Venezuela currently has ~20 billion in reserves which is very low, however the Government believe that will be increased to their 'ideal' of 30 billion from loans and assistance from PDVSA. The reason Venezuela also has the black market is the same reason Argentina has it, currency controls and a lot of foreign debt.

If you want to have a thoughtful fact based conversation regarding anything, I would suggest you brush up on your facts, and then be sure to check them and recheck them. I mean silly gifs and vague obscure statements will only get you so far. Please read and educate yourself a little on Venezuelas economy and finances.


http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/07/venezuela-not-greece-latin-america-oil-poverty

 

[Rich One]

Supposedly the AFIP will approve more requests for USD, for travelers at $8,34, for 80 or 100 dollars per day, for travelers that qualify and can justify the purchase. For the people in Black and the tourists that need more than 100 USD per day will still go to cuevas ...!

 

[jackbower]

In other news.

 

[Somewhereinba]

If you want to have a thoughtful fact based conversation regarding anything, I would suggest you brush up on your facts, and then be sure to check them and recheck them. I mean silly gifs and vague obscure statements will only get you so far. Please read and educate yourself a little on Venezuelas economy and finances.


http://www.theguardi...ica-oil-poverty

I can see why people ignore you. Venezuela is swimming in dollars, that's the reason why they are accessing massive amounts of overseas credit (10 billion so far - 1 billion from Russias Gazprom, 5 billion from China and recently from the private sector (Goldman Sachs) using their gold inventory as security. I think it is you who needs to educate yourself. PS. Those figures you claim are bs are the same figures as the article you posted and also come from Venezuelas central bank. Maybe you should read before you type. Oh yer, and all the foreign aid that is being stopped to their allies is because they have too many dollars.

Central bank data show that foreign trade credits, consisting mainly of loans and subsidies under Petrocaribe, fell to $1.7 billion in the first nine months of this year, compared with more than triple that amount for the same period last year.