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Income Tax Law (Consolidated text of Law No. 20.628 approved by Decree No. 649/97, as amended up to Decree No. 244/13), Argentina
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Year of Version
2013
Dates
Entry into force:
August 6, 1997
Adopted:
July 11, 1997
Type of Text
Other Texts
Subject Matter
Patents (Inventions),
Trademarks,
Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights),
Transfer of Technology,
Other
Notes
The Income Tax Law contains a number of provisions relating to taxation of royalties for intellectual property rights. It establishes the conditions for the tax exemption for copyrights royalties covered by Law No. 11.723 on Copyright [Title I, Article 20(j)]; the trademarks and patents royalties that are subject to the second category income tax, and not subject to third category tax, as provided for in Article 49 of the law [Title II, Chapter II, Article 45(h)]; the establishment of gross profit by the deduction of cost of acquisition of trademarks and patents (Title II, Chapter III, Article 60); the tax deduction for patent income of the fiscal year [Title III, Article 81(f)]; the unallowable deductions for amortization of trademarks assets, and the patents and trademarks royalties of foreign companies [Title III, Article 88(h) & (m)]; the presumption of net profits obtained by the payments made to overseas beneficiaries, which are derived from the exploitation of patents and copyrights [Title V, Article 93 (a(1) & (b)].
This consolidated version of the Income Tax Law incorporates all the amendments up to February 20, 2013 (see Article 23(a)(b) for the last amendments made by Decree No. 244/13 issued on February 28, 2013).
The Decree No. 649/97 which approves this consolidated text of the Income Tax Law was published in the Official Gazette on August 06, 1997 (B.O. 06/08/97).
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Ley de Impuesto a las Ganancias (Texto Ordenado de la Ley N° 20.628 aprobado por el Decreto N° 649/97, según modificado por el Decreto N° 244/13)
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