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  1. CalvinErs

    Taxes Hefty tax on property sale!

    A non-resident friend of mine recently received the tax certificate from AFIP for selling his apartment. He was charged 14% of the sale price, which seems quite high. He's concerned as this hefty tax will essentially wipe out his profit, and when considering additional expenses like transfer...
  2. A

    Taxes Agent claims foreigners cannot sell a house for six years

    Hello - new to this site, and this forum. My American parents bought a house they've never seen in the town of San Rafael about 10 years ago. Now they are elderly and need to sell it to pay mounting medical bills here in the US, where they live. The real estate agent conveniently "rented back"...
  3. MDirtBoy

    Taxes Capital Gains Taxes

    Hello everyone! If a foreign seller (no DNI) sells property here, what is the capital gains tax? Everything is in white. Will be working with a foreign buyer if that makes any difference. Many thanks in advance.
  4. MDirtBoy

    Real Estate Sales Do I need a Real Estate Agent or just an Escribano?

    If I'm selling property here do I need to have an inmobilaria in the mix or can I just get my own escribano and do the deal between two parties? Relatedly, if those two parties happen to have accounts outside of Argentina can they do the money swap between their respective accounts and never...
  5. H

    Banking transering $ abroad from apt sale

    I'm a little confused now, after so much recent talk about needing to be a resident to have a sane apt sale here I got this response from a bank when I asked them about their services for doing the sale and transferring the $ abroad. Does this sound right? "Lo ideal en tu caso es que te tome...
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