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Government Defends 'Fiscal Innocence' Law After Senate Approval

Officials frame the overhaul as a move from punitive enforcement to compliance-focused rules.

Overview

  • The chief of staff says the measure reverses a paradigm of more than a century in Argentina.
  • The law raises criminal tax-evasion thresholds to 100 million pesos for simple cases and 1,000 million for aggravated cases.
  • A new simplified Income Tax regime lets taxpayers pay based on invoicing and normalize assets regardless of patrimonial changes.
  • The criminal prescription period falls from five to three years, and notified taxpayers can settle debts to avoid a criminal case.
  • Officials argue the reform will channel savings into investment and capital markets, while a policy group welcomes less litigation but warns that clear regulations will be crucial.