Overview
- Ordinance 112/25 took effect on December 1, setting the rate at 2% of each transaction amount net of VAT for the local Environmental Protection Fee.
- The municipality set a December 15 deadline for companies to update billing systems and requires the surcharge to be itemized on purchase receipts.
- Supermarkets and hypermarkets are designated as collection agents along with shopping centers, hotels, industries, service firms and private universities.
- Trade body CADAM says purchases in Pilar will cost 2% more with no minimum threshold, warning of an immediate impact on family budgets in the holiday season.
- Economy Minister Luis Caputo publicly criticized the move as tax-raising policy, as other Greater Buenos Aires districts also push year-end increases.