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Buenos Aires Opens Crypto Payments for City Taxes and Fees

The package seeks to attract crypto firms through new classifications, relief from certain bank withholdings, with a proposed tax‑base change still pending.

Jorge Macri en el bar The Slow Kale, en Colegiales, uno de los comercios de la Ciudad que acepta pagos con cripto. Foto GCBA.
El nuevo nomenclador también permitirá identificar a los Proveedores de Servicios de Activos Virtuales (PSAV) y excluirlos de ciertos regímenes de recaudación bancaria del impuesto sobre los Ingresos Brutos
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Criptomoneda Monero.

Overview

  • Residents and businesses can now pay ABL, Patentes, Ingresos Brutos filings, driver’s licenses and traffic fines in cryptocurrency via QR codes.
  • The city updated its economic activity register to add a category for crypto trading and to formally recognize virtual asset service providers (PSAVs).
  • Identifying PSAVs enables their exclusion from certain bank collection and withholding regimes tied to Ingresos Brutos, easing working‑capital pressures.
  • Authorities proposed taxing only the price difference on crypto buy‑sell operations for Ingresos Brutos instead of the full transaction amount, a change not yet in effect.
  • Payments currently work with a subset of wallets, with a city‑run aggregator in development to allow direct payments from any wallet; industry leaders attended the launch and urged city support on national tax issues.