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ARGENTINA: THE COUNTRY OF THE PERMANENT CRISIS
DID THE ARGENTINE TAX SYSTEM COME TO STAY FOREVER?
A REPEATED BORING HISTORY

Hector R. Sandler, ICE/Director
Instituto de Capacitacion Economica
Para la constitucion de una nueva economia nacional
www.icepal.com.ar

  1. The bases, structure and scope, of Argentine tax system has not changed from the decade of 1930s. During that time, by cause of the great world crisis, the main income fell for the national State. This income, originated from tax and fees put to exports and imports. To the judgment of some Georgist Argentines, that was the first opportunity to appeal for the economic rent of land value.

  2. The Conservative party who was in power at that time, opted for implanting the income tax in 1931 instead of collecting land value taxation. It is easy to see why. The Conservative party represented the interests of the biggest owners. The second opportunity to appeal for the economic rent of land value was in 1946, when millions of workers were supporting president Perón in any government action. Peron had such strength because of the workers who supported him, that in 1949 he even changed the National Constitution. Of course it was easier to reform the tax system in order to complete the settling of the whole country, but he did not. This was a great opportunity. After the end of Second World War millions of Europeans were wanting to find a " promised land" somewhere in the world, while Argentina was still unpopulated (less than 15