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[*] posted on 2-12-2015 at 01:52 PM
IVA on groceries


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.

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[*] posted on 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.




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[*] posted on 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.
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[*] posted on 2-12-2015 at 05:29 PM




Gas station syndrome. :o




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[*] posted on 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!
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[*] posted on 2-12-2015 at 07:01 PM


There IVA on soda, candy, chips at least
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