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Argentina’s tax revenue rises 33.5% year on year in August
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Argentina’s tax revenue rises 33.5% year on year in August

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire Official statement Context piece
  • Argentina collected 20.5 trillion pesos in tax revenue in August, up 33.5% from the same month in 2025.
  • Revenue fell 10.4% from July as economic activity showed signs of stagnation in industry and commerce.
  • Revenue rose 28.2% year on year in the first eight months of 2026, while private estimates put August inflation at 1.6% month on month.

Argentina collected 20.5 trillion pesos in tax revenue in August, equivalent to about $13.355 billion, according to official figures released Tuesday. The total represented a 33.5% increase from August 2025.

The monthly figure nevertheless marked a 10.4% decline from July. The drop came as economic activity continued to show signs of stagnation in sectors including industry and commerce.

Private estimates indicated that inflation may have slowed to 1.6% month on month in August. Despite the monthly decline, tax revenue reached 153 trillion pesos in the first eight months of the year, an increase of 28.2% compared with the same period in 2025.

Argentina’s tax revenue rose 39.4% in 2025 to 183.1 trillion pesos.

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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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