We now have a steady 25-30% yearly inflation rate, and salaries are not being able to keep up thanks to a regresive tax called "Impuesto a las Ganancias" (Profit Tax) that is being applied to workers. Yes, to our government, your salary is a profit, so the more you earn, the more you have to pay. Did I mention that said tax doesn't apply to Finances? That's right, if you work in finances, and you do a few extra hours and make AR$100k, you pay nothing, but if you are a worker that pulls a few extra hours to put your salary up to a certain point (AR$10k) you have to pay the tax, and probably end up losing the money you earned in those extra hours and even more!
Then there is crime, drug related crimes, small business closing because they can't keep up with paying all the ammount of taxes related to owning a business and the taxes related to having an employee, etc.
And i know what I'm talking about, i was born, raised, and live in Argentina for the past 35 years.
Not really. It's a common practice here in Argentina to lie in taxes declarations. Most of the times, when filling out taxes, the land value is under appreciated to pay less taxes (many government officials lie blatantly in their statements, putting the price of 250m^2 appartment in the best parts of Buenos Aires at a fiscal value of,let's say, $180.000 when the real market value is around $900.000). In the case of these gated communities we call countries, the owner of the land (which sells small properties inside his land to build houses) don't declare that his property, has been used to build something. This was news a few years ago when the provincial taxes organization (in the Buenos Aires province is called ARBA) used Google Earth to spot constructions on land declared as empty.
About utilities and other stuff: For houses, i haven't ever heard of building inspections (my father built the house i live with his hands, without ever needing a blueprint or anything else). For natural gas connections, you need to have your in house gas connections (heating, cooking, etc) made by an authorized installer. And there's no regulation for electrical installations (still talking for houses, commercial constructions have special rules about all this). Utility companies never check on the government when installing. They only check they do is if you own or rent the house (by means of property title or rent contract).
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We now have a steady 25-30% yearly inflation rate, and salaries are not being able to keep up thanks to a regresive tax called "Impuesto a las Ganancias" (Profit Tax) that is being applied to workers. Yes, to our government, your salary is a profit, so the more you earn, the more you have to pay. Did I mention that said tax doesn't apply to Finances? That's right, if you work in finances, and you do a few extra hours and make AR$100k, you pay nothing, but if you are a worker that pulls a few extra hours to put your salary up to a certain point (AR$10k) you have to pay the tax, and probably end up losing the money you earned in those extra hours and even more!
Factories are forcing vacation on its workforce and lowering activities, and the government is paying part of the salaries just to keep the factories from firing people. FIAT Automotor is suspending 1800 workers, a 60% of its workforce in its factory in Cordoba because they can't sell their production, due to export limits and exchange issues.
Then there is crime, drug related crimes, small business closing because they can't keep up with paying all the ammount of taxes related to owning a business and the taxes related to having an employee, etc.
And i know what I'm talking about, i was born, raised, and live in Argentina for the past 35 years.
Bribes.
Not really. It's a common practice here in Argentina to lie in taxes declarations. Most of the times, when filling out taxes, the land value is under appreciated to pay less taxes (many government officials lie blatantly in their statements, putting the price of 250m^2 appartment in the best parts of Buenos Aires at a fiscal value of ,let's say, $180.000 when the real market value is around $900.000). In the case of these gated communities we call countries, the owner of the land (which sells small properties inside his land to build houses) don't declare that his property, has been used to build something. This was news a few years ago when the provincial taxes organization (in the Buenos Aires province is called ARBA) used Google Earth to spot constructions on land declared as empty.
About utilities and other stuff: For houses, i haven't ever heard of building inspections (my father built the house i live with his hands, without ever needing a blueprint or anything else). For natural gas connections, you need to have your in house gas connections (heating, cooking, etc) made by an authorized installer. And there's no regulation for electrical installations (still talking for houses, commercial constructions have special rules about all this). Utility companies never check on the government when installing. They only check they do is if you own or rent the house (by means of property title or rent contract).