Overview

• The 61st IDEA Coloquio in Mar del Plata will convene Oct. 15–17 with a platform centered on a comprehensive tax overhaul, modernization of labor rules and stronger institutional stability.
• IDEA calls for cutting informality and evasion, eliminating so‑called distorting taxes such as export withholdings, the cheque tax, Ingresos Brutos and municipal levies, simplifying compliance and updating the long‑pending federal revenue‑sharing law.
• Labor proposals include revising collective agreements, lowering non‑wage costs, improving predictability in labor courts and considering a higher non‑taxable floor for social‑security contributions or credits against VAT to encourage formal hiring.
• Leaders stress the need for an independent judiciary and stable rules to attract investment, citing concern over abrupt policy shifts such as the three‑day suspension of agricultural withholdings and the emergency decree 682/2025.
• With legislative elections on Oct. 26, IDEA urges a responsible reform debate; President Javier Milei’s attendance remains unconfirmed, though organizers say he could close the forum on Oct. 17 if his schedule allows, and they note recent supportive signals from U.S. Treasury’s Scott Bessent.