Business Reforms in Argentina

Positive= Doing Business reform making it easier to do business. Negative= Doing Business reform making it more difficult to do business.

DB2013:

Negative Trading Across Borders:

Argentina increased the time, cost and number of documents needed to import by expanding the list of products requiring nonautomatic licenses and introducing new preapproval procedures for all imports.


DB2012:

Negative Registering Property:

Argentina made transferring property more difficult by adding a requirement that the notary obtain the tax agency’s reference value for property before notarizing the sale deed.


DB2010:

Positive Starting a Business:

Argentina no longer requires registration at the private pension and the publication process is expedited, thus easing the process of business start-up.


Negative Registering Property:

Argentina made it more difficult to register property by adding a new requirement to declare all transactions over AR$ 300.000


DB2009:

Positive Paying Taxes:

Argentina made paying taxes easier through the Introduction of online filing for corporate income tax, value added tax, turnover tax and social security contributions.


DB2008:

Negative Resolving Insolvency:

Argentina amended its bankruptcy legislation with the goal of providing greater protection to labor claims and to free commercial courts from labor actions.


Reform Summaries


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