Economy Minister Luis Caputo used the Argentine Industrial Union’s annual conference on Tuesday to announce a relief package for companies, aimed above all at small and medium sized firms. Its centre is a suspension of seizures by the tax and customs agency ARCA on firms until May 2027. Caputo and the reporting on the package are clear on the limit: this postpones enforcement, it does not forgive debts or remove tax obligations.
The second measure widens the existing payment facility. Debts that fell due through June 30, 2026 were eligible; the cutoff moves to October 31, 2026, with regularisation in up to 18 instalments depending on the taxpayer category. The third lets small firms apply 100 percent of their export related tax credits and export VAT balances against customs debts instead of waiting for refunds, with a rising percentage for larger companies, alongside work toward a single customs current account.
Caputo presented the package, to an audience pressing the government on falling activity, tax pressure and credit costs, as the correction of inherited financial problems rather than a stimulus, saying explicitly it was not a money printing plan. Argentine reporting frames the announcement against a confirmed technical recession of two consecutive quarters of contraction.
Status: announced, not enacted. As of Tuesday no implementing resolution had been published in the Boletin Oficial, and the measures take legal effect only when ARCA or the Economy Ministry publishes them. The gazette publication is the confirming document to watch, and until it appears firms cannot rely on the suspension in an active enforcement case.