Here's a link to the craigslist BA. check out the jobs page. Good luck.
http://buenosaires.en.craigslist.org/
Hey johnniewalker, sorry but I really like what I do and don’t want to change jobs. I know I’m freelance, which means some weeks I don’t have any work (impromptu vacations), but because it’s not a side-gig for me, I’ve also never turned down an assignment and never missed a deadline—two things that help me keep on getting sufficient work in order to pull this off full time.
If you are planning on having clients in this country, then you would need to set up a bank account. It's difficult to do that without getting a DNI. It takes at least a year to get a DNI, but you could conceivably get something temporary if you went through the visa process (see posts about visas) that might possibly allow you to get a cuit and open a bank account, but there are no guarantees. Once you have a cuit, you would then need to get a monotributo "factura" that would allow you to emit receipts for clients. Monotributo is definitely the way to go (kind of like sole proprietor in the US). If you open a pyme (small business), it will probably be a nightmare for you and in order for you to make money, you will probably not be able to do everything "aboveboard" and still make any profit due to the amount of taxes that are required in Argentina. To do all of that, you will have to find a good accountant.
Tex, thanks for the information. As far as getting clients in Argentina, I guess I can ask for advice when I get to that bridge. The more important thing to worry about right now is to figure out how to manage those that I already have.
Unless you are quite definitely moving to Argentina permanently, it would be crazy to even think about setting yourself up to do this.
Irelander, what you say is informative. Right now thanks to everyone on this board I’m definitely leaning away from doing all that (as you say, I am not ready to be in Argentina permanently—I haven’t even gotten there yet).
Arronius,
If you are an American earning money from another country but earning less than ~$80K/year (in USD) and you won't be in the states for more than 35 days/year, you won't owe any tax money to the US (except maybe 15% self-employment tax). I'm not sure what's your situation but that's something to consider if you fit that rubrik.
lucha54 and germano, what you say would be true, but that I will no longer be able to get the Mexican companies to pay me in Mexico after the spring. In Mexico, in order to get paid by these companies, I need to issue them invoices (recibos de honorario), and—similar to Argentina—I can only get those as a resident. When mine expire this spring, I will have to have an alternative method of getting paid. Also, the threshold for foreign earned income that lucha54 mentioned is over 90,000 dollars now. I’ll be candid and say that I’m quite under that (to my chagrin—wish I had rich people problems instead haha). Therefore, I haven’t filed a U.S. return for some years. However, if I wish them to actually PAY me in my U.S. account, the foreign earned income credit will not apply.
As per my previous post, it looks right now like I
may be able to get my United States Residency Certificate, get them to pay me in the United States, and thereby pay taxes ONLY in the United States. I could then live in Argentina as a tourist (I’ve no problem going to Uruguay every six months). IRS research pending.
