Crisis of the user charges in the Argentine Republic: reflections in light of the jurisprudence of Peru, Uruguay and Brazil

The article sets out that argentinean municipalities are legally banned from raising taxes, but are allowed to levy user charges for specific services. Nevertheless, such limitation is overlooked by the municipalities by means of introducing the “ability top ay” principle within the structure of the...

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Main Author: Luna Requena, Álvaro Carlos
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Language:Español
Published: Derecho & Sociedad 2015
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Law
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spelling ndltd-PUCP-oai-tesis.pucp.edu.pe-123456789-1183852018-08-04T16:14:21Z Crisis of the user charges in the Argentine Republic: reflections in light of the jurisprudence of Peru, Uruguay and Brazil Crisis de las Tasas en la República Argentina: reflexiones a la luz de Jurisprudencia de Perú, Uruguay y Brasil Luna Requena, Álvaro Carlos Law Fiscal Power User Charges Contributive Capacity Principle Equivalence Principle Cost Of Services Compared Case Law Poder Tributario Tasas Principio De Capacidad Contributiva Principio De Equivalencia Costo De Los Servicios Jurisprudencia Comparada The article sets out that argentinean municipalities are legally banned from raising taxes, but are allowed to levy user charges for specific services. Nevertheless, such limitation is overlooked by the municipalities by means of introducing the “ability top ay” principle within the structure of the taxable base of said user charges. The author concludes that such mechanism distorts the user charge, altering its essence, with the result of transforming it into a mere tax, with the resulting violation of the current legislation.The author critically reviews argentinean case law that has given grounds to such a fiscal deviation and –in order to make his point- compares it with jurisprudence registered on this issue by the Supreme Courts of Peru, Brazil and Uruguay. Such comparison evidences that, if argentinean courts were to apply the criteria said of those Supreme Courts, almost every user charge in Argentina would have to be declared unconstitutional. El artículo expone que los municipios argentinos están legalmente vedados de cobrar impuestos, viendo limitado su poder tributario al cobro de tasas. Sin embargo, en la práctica eluden esa prohibición mediante la maniobra de introducir en su base imponible criterios puros de capacidad contributiva (vgr. el monto de ventas), con total prescindencia del costo de los servicios retribuidos.El autor reseña críticamente la jurisprudencia de los tribunales argentinos, los cuales han convalidado el uso del principio de capacidad contributiva en materia de tasas. También efectúa una comparación con el tratamiento que esta cuestión ha tenido en los máximos tribunales de Perú, Brasil y Uruguay. Dicha comparación deja en evidencia que, de aplicarse en Argentina los criterios uniformemente sostenidos por los tribunales de estos tres países, una parte sustancial de las tasas hoy vigentes en este último país debería ser declarada inconstitucional. 2015-05-14 2018-04-10T19:54:11Z 2018-04-10T19:54:11Z Artículo http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/derechoysociedad/article/view/12568/13126 http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/118385 Español Artículo en acceso abierto Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ PDF Derecho & Sociedad Derecho & Sociedad; Núm. 43 (2014); 169-182
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topic Law
Fiscal Power
User Charges
Contributive Capacity Principle
Equivalence Principle
Cost Of Services
Compared Case Law
Poder Tributario
Tasas
Principio De Capacidad Contributiva
Principio De Equivalencia
Costo De Los Servicios
Jurisprudencia Comparada
spellingShingle Law
Fiscal Power
User Charges
Contributive Capacity Principle
Equivalence Principle
Cost Of Services
Compared Case Law
Poder Tributario
Tasas
Principio De Capacidad Contributiva
Principio De Equivalencia
Costo De Los Servicios
Jurisprudencia Comparada
Luna Requena, Álvaro Carlos
Crisis of the user charges in the Argentine Republic: reflections in light of the jurisprudence of Peru, Uruguay and Brazil
description The article sets out that argentinean municipalities are legally banned from raising taxes, but are allowed to levy user charges for specific services. Nevertheless, such limitation is overlooked by the municipalities by means of introducing the “ability top ay” principle within the structure of the taxable base of said user charges. The author concludes that such mechanism distorts the user charge, altering its essence, with the result of transforming it into a mere tax, with the resulting violation of the current legislation.The author critically reviews argentinean case law that has given grounds to such a fiscal deviation and –in order to make his point- compares it with jurisprudence registered on this issue by the Supreme Courts of Peru, Brazil and Uruguay. Such comparison evidences that, if argentinean courts were to apply the criteria said of those Supreme Courts, almost every user charge in Argentina would have to be declared unconstitutional. === El artículo expone que los municipios argentinos están legalmente vedados de cobrar impuestos, viendo limitado su poder tributario al cobro de tasas. Sin embargo, en la práctica eluden esa prohibición mediante la maniobra de introducir en su base imponible criterios puros de capacidad contributiva (vgr. el monto de ventas), con total prescindencia del costo de los servicios retribuidos.El autor reseña críticamente la jurisprudencia de los tribunales argentinos, los cuales han convalidado el uso del principio de capacidad contributiva en materia de tasas. También efectúa una comparación con el tratamiento que esta cuestión ha tenido en los máximos tribunales de Perú, Brasil y Uruguay. Dicha comparación deja en evidencia que, de aplicarse en Argentina los criterios uniformemente sostenidos por los tribunales de estos tres países, una parte sustancial de las tasas hoy vigentes en este último país debería ser declarada inconstitucional.
author Luna Requena, Álvaro Carlos
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title Crisis of the user charges in the Argentine Republic: reflections in light of the jurisprudence of Peru, Uruguay and Brazil
title_short Crisis of the user charges in the Argentine Republic: reflections in light of the jurisprudence of Peru, Uruguay and Brazil
title_full Crisis of the user charges in the Argentine Republic: reflections in light of the jurisprudence of Peru, Uruguay and Brazil
title_fullStr Crisis of the user charges in the Argentine Republic: reflections in light of the jurisprudence of Peru, Uruguay and Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Crisis of the user charges in the Argentine Republic: reflections in light of the jurisprudence of Peru, Uruguay and Brazil
title_sort crisis of the user charges in the argentine republic: reflections in light of the jurisprudence of peru, uruguay and brazil
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