New rules for establishing foreign companies in Argentina effective 1 November 2024
New rules for establishing foreign companies in Argentina will be effective as of 1 November 2024, greatly simplifying the procedures.
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New rules for establishing foreign companies in Argentina will be effective as of 1 November 2024, greatly simplifying the procedures.
The question of when a person can be considered a self-employed worker in Argentina has been, and still is, the subject of intense debate. The Employment Contract Law No. 20.744 does not define the characteristics of an employment relationship, making the dividing line between an employee and a self-employed worker difficult to draw on many occasions.
The probationary period in Argentina, and the maternity leave have undergone important changes with the labor reform of Ley Bases.
Benefits for foreign companies in Argentina have been significantly expanded since the inauguration of the new presidential administration in December 2023, including simplifications for their establishment, tax, customs, and exchange benefits, and also a labor reform, all to favor foreign investment in Argentina.
Dismissal in Argentina under the Ley Bases has incorporated express grounds of just cause and described what is considered discriminatory.
The benefits for investors in Argentina under the RIGI are very significant and varied : tax, customs and exchange benefits.
The outsourcing of workers in Argentina, now regulated in a completely different way by the Ley Bases, is an important step in favor of business activity and organization of production in the manner deemed most convenient, seeking to provide legal certainty and avoid litigation.
Large investments in Argentina now have a legal framework with very important tax, customs and exchange benefits created by the so-called Ley Bases.
Investments promotion in Argentina is imperative to reactivate the economy. The new investments promotion in Argentina through the regime called Incentive Scheme for Large Investments (Régimen de Incentivo para las Grandes Inversiones, RIGI) goes in that direction.
The regularization of labor relations in Argentina and labour fines for their lack of or incorrect registration have always been controversial and hot topics. The so-called “Ley Bases" solves both problems.
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