The digital newspaper Infobae tells a story that confirms, once again, that in Argentina if you don't cry you don't get anything and if you don't steal you're a fool, as the tango says. Molinos Cañuelas, the largest milling company in the country, had a long pending lawsuit in the tax court claiming the return of some pesos that Customs had allegedly charged them excessively from December 2015, when the government of Mauricio Macri had taken office and shortly thereafter eliminated the withholdings on wheat and corn and significantly reduced those on soybeans. At that time, some special products that "contained soybeans" still suffered a 27% tax. Arguing that at that time Macri did not have delegated powers to move the withholding rates, the milling company claimed the return of some dollars that supposedly they did not have to pay. The new rates had been set by Decree 133/2015, but the company argued that in the case of their sales abroad, 24% should be applied instead of the 27% ...
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