According to Clarin, you now be able to order stuff from abroad 12 times per year up to US$50 per shipment without having to go through AFIP.
It starts in April
Door-to-door shopping: the tax-free franchise goes up to US $ 50, it can be used 12 times a year and there will be no need to go to Customs
The Ministry of Production announced the modifications to the system to receive products acquired on websites from abroad. The details.
The new door-to-door system starts in April.
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Door-to-door shopping: the tax-free franchise goes up to US $ 50, it can be used 12 times a year and there will be no need to go to Customs
The system of online shopping "door to door" - to acquire a product on a website from anywhere in the world and receive it at home - will be simplified. From April, all the process will be done through a new site of international shipments of Correo Argentino. It will not be necessary to have an AFIP tax code or to look for the packages to the Customs when it is requested to verify its content , as it has been until now. In addition, as Clarín had anticipated in late January, the duty-free tax exemption will increase: it will rise to US $ 50 per shipment and may be used 12 times a year. So far it was $ 25 and applied only to the first purchase.
With the modification, you must register with mail and password at http://www.e-pago.correoargentino.com.ar (the site is not yet active) and notify by that means about the purchase made abroad. A single form will be filled and then you can follow the detail of the transfer of the product through the Internet . Another important point is that the system will notify the buyer about the date on which the package will arrive.
On the same page the content declaration will be presented and the mail handling fee will be paid. The value will remain in the $ 140 that is currently paid. 50% of the surplus will be paid for the same channel, if the 50 dollars or the 12 shipments are exceeded .
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" For those shipments classified by Customs for face-to-face removal, the Post Office may represent the recipient and thus avoid having to travel to a branch with a Customs seat to look for its shipment," says Gustavo Papini, General Director of Correo Argentino, about another the elements tending to simplify the management.
Pedro Inchauspe, Secretary of Productive Simplification of the Ministry of Production, explained that what is being done is to integrate AFIP, Customs and Correo Argentino systems to "eliminate access barriers" . "It will no longer be necessary to have a tax code. Not to notify about the reception of the package to AFIP. The idea is that all the process is done digitally and that it is completed without difficulties as it happens in other parts of the world, "said Inchauspe.
For Guido Di Paolo, creator of the "door to door" Aliexpress management blog and a reference for the online shopper community, it is "a very big step" . "The promises on this subject were many. If it is effectively applied in this way, we have good news, "he said.
Since Tuesday, the amount of goods that can be brought from abroad without paying tax increases to 500 dollars
" Until now, they sent you to Customs even to look for a key ring or a T-shirt . Of 10 purchases, two arrived at the address and the other eight had to be found. The change, in this sense, will help not to waste time, "said Di Paolo. "Not having to go through the AFIP page, which is hanging, and end with the requirement of the tax code, are other advantages," he added.
According to Clarín , about 8,500 Argentines make online purchases abroad by day. The main market in which products are purchased is China and most people buy clothes and toys.
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