Hello,
On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 5:11 PM, John Levine <johnl(_at_)taugh(_dot_)com> wrote:
At last week's very successful Berlin meeting, the finances were
thrown of whack by the late discovery that the IETF had to pay 19%
German VAT on the registration fee. At the IAOC session they said
that about half of that is likely to be reclaimed from VAT paid, but
the net amount is still a large number.
In Buenos Aires, the VAT rate is 21% on most goods and services, with
a special 27% rate on telecom services.
Non-nationals can claim VAT back on almost every purchase made during their
stay in Argentina. Given the timeframes involved and that I now doubt that
the IAOC is going to ever be taken again by surprise by any tax-related
matters, I dare say this would be a non-issue for the (hopefully upcoming)
BA meeting.
You can even claim VAT back on that case of Malbec wine many will be surely
be taking back home.
Just keep your receipts and plan an hour extra for the paperwork at the
airport.
cheers!
~Carlos