Peso Slaves And The Tax Hammer

[Dublin2BuenosAires]

Any other fellow peso slaves been battered particularly visciously battered by the tax hammer this last few months? Am definitely a little bruised, as is my wife. Wondering did we miss a trick?

Time to hire an accountant I reckon....

 

[sleslie23]

This month, my check was several hundred pesos more than last month. I've never tried too hard to figure out payroll tax here. If I did, I'm sure I would just leave the next day.

 

[Bajo_cero2]

17% you pay.

 

[gpop]

Mine was alot more because of a special bonus that kind of more than doubled my monthly income... that said, I am concerned that that one-time bonus will wield new (not one-time) taxes.
Does anyone know about how that works exactly?
if you make X amount of pesos/month as long as X is less that the AFIP magic line of 15k they stick it to you for 17%.
if you make Y > 15k amount then you get hammered for more.
if you make Z <= 15k amount thats pretty close but not over , and a bonus (not aginaldo) puts you over the usual so it raises AFIPs red flags, so then they assume that you always really made that sum and continue to pound you forever hence.

 

[Bajo_cero2]

Well, you are talking about income tax.
http://www.infonews.com/2013/08/30/economia-94963-como-se-calcula-la-nueva-base-de-ganancias-cambios-en-ganancias.php

 

[ghost]

You really need to wonder. 15% + and 21% IVA and the sidewalks are still dangerously broken. [so to speak]

 

[jp]

Sidewalks are more often than not the responsibility (and property) of the homeowner. Thats why you'll sometimes find pristine engraved granite slabs next to a pile of mud and rubble.

 

[Jaredberryman]

Sidewalks are more often than not the responsibility (and property) of the homeowner. Thats why you'll sometimes find pristine engraved granite slabs next to a pile of mud and rubble.

I could be wrong but from what I understand the sidewalks are not the responsibility of the home owner at all. At any rate, most of the time the sidewalk problems that exist are due to the fact that the city pulled up the sidewalk and did not put it back down. In that case, it's the city's responsibility to fix it.

 

[germano]

You really need to wonder. 15% + and 21% IVA and the sidewalks are still dangerously broken. [so to speak]

I think one of the big issues - besides corruption - is that many avoid paying those taxes. If all paid the taxes they are supposed to pay then there would be more funds available to fix the infrastructure. I don't exactly remember how much I paid in the US but I think it was around 30ish % plus some state income tax. I think in Germany it was even higher at around 40%.

 

[Montauk_Project]

Sidewalks are a city problem, not national.
Even when I worked as an English teacher and got paid nothing I had an accountant. I have to say, I pay very little monthly to her and end up paying not a lot in taxes and she takes care of all the nasty tramites that don´t require me going in person. She also advises on what needs to be paid, what can wait, etc.

Also, btw, 5 years ago my husband forgot to pay ingresos brutos to the city. At the time it was about 10 pesos a month (those were the days!) and owed about 60 pesos, simply because it slipped his mind. They froze his bank account, got it back but took a lot of tramites. Always remember to pay it, don´t let it go over more than a month or they will freeze your bank account or take out 10% of all your assets until you pay. At no point did they inform us or ask us to pay, found out when going to the ATM couldn´t withdraw money.