The NGO logic started the initiative “Ticket Rebellion” and admonished the cCompanies across the country are voluntarily making this visible Provincial and municipal taxes on consumption cards, in a context characterized by governors’ refusal or delay in compliance Consumer tax transparency systemsanctioned in 2024, with the aim of providing consumers with adequate and truthful information about the tax burden they pay.
The proposal is for companies to report taxes such as gross income and municipal taxes on purchase receipts, even if the relevant province is available did not comply with the regime or, if this has been done, without waiting for its settlement.
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From Lógica, a non-partisan NGO dedicated to creating financial awareness, they claim that this visibility can be carried out without violating local regulations The aim is to make the actual weight of subnational taxes on daily consumption transparent.
A current regime with partial accession
The consumer tax transparency system was adopted in 2024 and promoted by Lógica makes national taxes visible on the tickets, but not on the provincial and municipal tickets.
A year and a half after its approval only Chubut, Mendoza and Entre Ríos joined formally, although its regulations remain in place while Salta, Córdoba and the city of Buenos Aires are in the accession process.
According to Lógica, the other eighteen governors They maintain an “unacceptable silence”although accession would be mandatory due to the constitutional mandate to provide consumers with adequate and truthful information.
Legal support and initial history
The President of Lógica, Matías Olivero Vila, explained: “The voluntary visibility This is possible because there are no state regulations prohibiting it“ and recalled that there were national laws that prohibited and penalized the allocation of VAT to the end consumer.
According to Olivero Vila, this feasibility was confirmed and warned by authorities from CABA, Catamarca, Chubut, Entre Ríos, Mendoza and Misiones in response to letters from the NGO Banning it in the future “would be scandalous.” for violating the fiscal truth to the citizen, the ticket law and the constitution.”
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As a concrete background, he pointed out that in the Tres de Febrero district of Buenos Aires, at the suggestion of Mayor Valenzuela, the safety and hygiene quota is already voluntarily displayed in supermarkets an aliquot of 0.875%one of the lowest.
The expected effects and the comparative experience
Olivero Vila claimed that voluntary visibility is effective Stop the lack of oversight of provincial and municipal taxes As an example, he cited the case of Brazil, where a ticket law has been in force since 2012.
“Taxes did not continue to rise, it was like a ceiling. No president wanted to appear on the ballot or in the media, exacerbating an intolerable situation,” he explained, adding that this regime was promoted by civil society, even in an unfavorable political context and with one of the more complex control systems of the world.
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He also recalled what happened in Pilar in 2024, when a fixed environmental fee of $59 per ticket and the supermarkets, despite pressure to cease and desist, made this voluntarily visible, stating that disclosing higher tariffs would provoke a strong reaction from citizens.
From Lógica they propose that companies and consumer services show provincial and municipal taxes on their tickets in percentage and amount, with a gradual implementation throughout the country, starting from the most burdensome municipalities and ending with the actors dilute the “risk of retaliation.”.
Finally, Olivero Vila explained that “a ‘ticket rebellion’ in favor of transparency and citizenship” does not mean disregard for laws, but rather fulfill a constitutional mandate and a national law, emphasizing that implementation costs for sellers would be negligible compared to the impact of future tax increases.
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