Gov’t announces AFIP to validate currency purchase

The AFIP revenue office will validate from Monday onwards the people or enterprises who purchase currencies at the exchange markets in order to control if they have the funds to do it and end with the irregular transactions, Economy Minister Amado Boudou announced.

“We’ve detected hundreds of Tax and Employment Identification Numbers (CUIT/CUIL) whose incomes do not coincide with the amount of dollars they purchase. That’s why, from Monday on, the buyer of foreign currencies will be automatically audited by the AFIP, who will validate the purchase,” Boudou told the press at the Economy Ministry.

“This does not modify the amount, it only controls that the company or the person has enough funds to purchase the currency. What we are trying to do is to channel all the transactions in the formal market,” he continued.

The maximum purchase amount will not be modified – will remain in 2 million dollars – but there will be a strict control over the transactions that reach this top.