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ARCA Raises Monotributo Scales 16.8% and Opens Semestral Recategorization

Small taxpayers must reassess their last 12 months of activity, confirm electronic payment details, set up debit to qualify for updated quotas or face higher charges and enforcement

Overview

  • ARCA confirmed a 16.8% increase to Monotributo category limits that will take effect on August 1, 2026, and published the new monthly and annual thresholds to guide recategorizations.
  • The semestral recategorización portal opened through August 5, 2026, and uses 12 months of activity from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 to determine whether a taxpayer must change category.
  • Recategorization is based on four objective parameters—12‑month gross income, rents devengados, surface area used for the activity, and annual electricity consumption—and ARCA offers a Recategorización Simplificada that auto‑suggests a category from electronic invoices.
  • July quotas must be paid under the existing rates by the monthly due date (the 20th), while August payments will reflect the new scales; taxpayers must generate a Volante Electrónico de Pago (VEP) and use electronic channels to pay.
  • ARCA charges resarcitory interest from the day after a missed payment, can drop a taxpayer from the regime after 10 months of nonpayment, and will automatically credit a refund of the tax component to those who pay 12 monthly quotas on time by debit automatic (50% refund if they paid 6–11 months) provided CBU and Domicilio Fiscal Electrónico are valid.