elfbrewery - 2-12-2015 at 01:52 PM
Does anyone know what is taxed at the supermarket?
We recently made a big shop at the Ley in Constitucion where we bought food items. The bill was 1120 pesos, but we noticed on the receipt IVA 50.00 (I
think, it's faint). That's a number we can't reckon. We bought a 2L bottle of juice drink and some chips, but can't be sure where other taxes might
come into play.
Just curious about this at this point, but would like to know.
Thanks!
DENNIS - 2-12-2015 at 02:18 PM
IVA is usually included in the price, so the receipt won't tell you much.
IVA has gone through recent changes, mostly being raised from 10% to 16%.
I don't know what's taxable and what's not.
elfbrewery - 2-12-2015 at 02:30 PM
Yup, IVA went from 11 to 16% last year and I've read about 8% tax on junk food and 1 peso per liter obesity tax on soft drinks, but we didn't buy that
much of those. A 16% figure would have been MUCH more; can't come up with the ~5% IVA charge, unless more items fall under the taxed category.
DENNIS - 2-12-2015 at 05:29 PM
Gas station syndrome. 
willardguy - 2-12-2015 at 05:47 PM
huh, I thought food bought in a market (not a restaurant) and medicine were exempt? I guess not!
gnukid - 2-12-2015 at 07:01 PM
There IVA on soda, candy, chips at least