Recent content by CharlieMicks

I have used the new Avianca service to Mar del Plata and I have no complaints, not that Avianca is a new airline. It was pretty cheap. Aerolineas has o had some pretty cheap flights to just about anywhere in the country.

It's as safe as Ft Lauderdale, Miami Beach or NY City. These days, anything can happen anywhere. I've been in Argentina the better part of the last 7 years and feel safer here than in Ft Lauderdale, where my house is.

Interesting that you bring this topic up. Recently I've felt like we have experienced more anti-US sentiment, or maybe I am just now noticing it more, or more sensitive to it now. Sometimes it's how we're treated in restaurants, and I don't mean the normal bad service- sorry about the...

We've been using Apple devices, such as iPhones and other Apple products, during our 11 years of living on and off in Buenos Aires, and have never experienced a phone theft. Pickpockets are present in every major city, so it's essential to stay vigilant. In Buenos Aires, there's nothing...

That's perfect and each to their own I guess. The point of posting the list was to demonstrate that everyone has their own idea of what constitutes a "high quality of life" and more often than not this depends on where/how they were brought up.

Well I'm happy to report that my friend's AFIP tax bill was reduced from nearly $34,000 to just $4,000. He has to pay the accountant for his work which was a substantial amount but obviously still works out at a big saving. If I find out more details of what the precise errors were, will post.

There was no bienes personales to be paid, ndcj, because the apartment was below the threshold for this kind of tax. His ABL was up to date. He was not negligent in any way, it seems he is now being accused by some posters as if he was fined for trying to evade due payments!! The accountant he...