Recent content by SamBarto

Thanks for all the information! Alot for newbie, some things I understand, some things not yet. Ill have to look up. Yes, for sure buses to learn Local Life and City! Ill get there!

Excuse me as Newbie Ill be coming BA in March, for one week. Question, Id like to bring in one large piece of luggage, will that raise any red flags? (Ive heard many stories, on another site.) Ill be moving to BA, and Id like to bring in one big bag of clothes. One more, I have one week, I...

Taxes are 21% of the rent received on the property, or deemed to have been received. If the property was empty and you were out of the country you will be deemed to have been renting the property unless you can prove is was empty. There will also asset taxes (bienes personales). On any unpaid...

14 days ! Im glad I dont work ! Sounds like something from the victorian age.

The basic sounds terrible for a middle management position, I was earning more than that in 1989 !. With an allowances of £2,000-£3,000 PCM it sounds more appealing. For UK residents the first £8105 is tax free then the tax rate 20%,then after £34,370 the rate rises to 40%. There is also...

You can request that Paypal send you a cheque and then cash that cheque in any country. I had a paypal account in Argentina and cashed my cheques through my bank in the UK. I finally closed the Argentina paypal as I couldnt get it verified with my Santader Rio CC.

This was probably drawn up using the Argentine lawmakers handbook. Chapter One - The law of unforseen consequences !

In effect landlors now have two rates. either (for example) us$1000 if paid in dollars or ar$6500 if paid in pesos. Think of the dollar price as a discount. These are the prices, you have to decide whether you want to pay. There wont be a policeman in the room when you pay your money and sign...

The bank operating your credit card would be obliged to work to the official exchange rate, the vendor has misled you.

Any non residents selling property may find this useful http://buenosairesstay.com/buenos-a.../non-residents-selling-property-in-argentina/

You dont need an agent, but if your property is selling for more than 600,000 pesos you will need a COTI. You can do this yourself online if you have a Clave Fiscal. It takes about 10 minutes once you have all the relevant information.

I've had success with an HSBC account at almost all ATMs in uruguay.

I was concerned with another dictatorship in another country for those 4 years.

Huh? I have been here 4 months and took me about half a day to realize that.

I might comment on how this is just a short-term fix and blah blah blah but I also read that inflation was under control because of Cristina's efforts at a beautiful 9%. I don't really care for numbers released by Argentina anymore.