Buenos Aires Issues a 'Netflix Tax' For All Digital Entertainment

New submitter DoILookAmused writes A few years ago, the Argentinean government implemented a 35% tax on all offshore buys using a credit card. In yesterday's press release, the city of Buenos Aires announced it will charge a 3% gross income tax for all streaming or media purchase abroad allegedly to bring it to "competitive prices with local media companies". This tax doesn't supersede the national 35% tax, which has sparked several reactions.

No llores por mi

[Anonymous Coward]

Brazil is becoming Argentina
Argentina is becoming Venezuela
Venezuela is becoming Cuba

Re:To the slashdotters of the world

[Opportunist]

Why do you think we would have assumed that Argentina is different from the rest of the world?

Re:No llores por mi

[deesine]

Cuba? Oh yea, that place with all the old Chevys.

Re:To the slashdotters of the world

[TheDarkMaster]

Is the same shit here in Brazil. 60% tax in all international purchases made by individuals under the guise of "protecting" a nonexistent national industry (nobody makes Intel i7 in Brazil as far as I know).

Sad

[Nicopa]

I'm form Argentina and it saddens me that this post comments will fall among these categories:

• Peple saying "don't cry for me XXX".
• Argentines explaining that Argentina is the worst country, worse than the worst.
• Uninformed right-wing people talking about Cuba, communism.

Even the summary is wrong! That 35% is not a tax, just a pre-payment of the income tax that you can recover.

All hope is lost.

Re:Debt or tax

[Anonymous Coward]

People cannot at the same time complain about debt and taxes. Debt is there because there is not enough taxes.

So lowering the spending is not an option?