The increase in car prices “led” to a new increase in pockets in March: that of the license plates that pay for vehicles in the province of Buenos Aires.
This average annual tax increase for 2024 (considering the comparison between different vehicles) It will be 180.4%, as specified by Arba, the agency that collects the license plates of 1,823,102 vehicles in the Province.
Users have started to be notified of the arrival of new installments: for example a 2015 Ford Fiesta paid in December last year $10,840, now you have to pay $40,050. Or a 2016 VW Fox left From $10,963 to $41,111.40 during the same period.
It happens that, to establish the tariffs payable by users, the ARBA takes the price base published every month by ACARA, the dealers’ association.
“ARBA always charges the same rate. What changes are the scales, so when vehicles increase in value, they don’t all go to the highest scale,” explained a source from this organization. That’s why, Patents have suffered the same fate as car prices. However, they point out that the 180.4% increase is lower than the government’s expected inflation (288%).
This year, The pressure on users is greater because there are no more bonuses for the payment of this tax. Last year there was a discount of up to 20% (10% for punctual payment and 10% for having opted for automatic debit or email receipt) which This year it will no longer be there. For this reason, many people will compare what they paid with the bonus and perceives that the increase is greater.
Among other aspects, this year’s tax law established that:
- «The 2013 models are decentralized to the Municipalities» (i.e. cars from that year onwards stop paying the license plate to the Arba to pay the municipal tax).
- “Concerning the 2023 tax law, assessment brackets are being adjusted to achieve an even distribution of vehicles among the brackets.”
- The maximum rate set out in the table is reduced to 5% (last year it was 5.37%) and is maintained a progressive rate structure, with an increase in tariffs in the first sections (this value coincides with that in force in another comparable jurisdiction, such as the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires).
- Set to 140% limit. increase for cars taxed up to $6,510,000, approximately 534,666 vehicles, 29% of the automotive fleet paying the patent in PBA.
- A 200% increase limit is set for vehicles taxed up to $18,000,000, approximately 1,122,700 vehicles, 61% of the patent paying vehicle fleet in PBA.
- The limit is released for the last section, the most valuable vehicles, which have a tax value greater than $18,000,000, 10% of the vehicle fleet paid by patent in PBA. “In this way we work on the tax structure to give the tax a little more progressivity, which is one of the objectives”, they commented in ARBA.
As soon as to the degree of collectability of this tax, is in the order of 70% and 75%. These percentages align those who pay promptly and with some delay.
This portion of tax-compliant motorists has not decreased much during the pandemic, according to ARBA. It remains to be seen whether now, with the increases that will arrive this year, the level of collections, given this, drops patents come in addition to other increases in the weight of goods and services that the population faces with wages that do not move at the same speed.
Source: Clarin
