Bringing Your Belongings In
Answer
The general rule applies to you
No exception is recorded for citizens of Bolivia on this topic. That is the answer, not a gap - everything below is the rule you get, unchanged.
81 exceptions recorded across 33 countries · none match Bolivia to Argentina · Bringing your belongings
Permanent residency unlocks a genuinely generous allowance: household and personal effects come in free of tax, new or used. Tools of your trade do not - they are taxable. And a used car registered in your name comes in exempt provided its customs value is no more than fifteen thousand dollars, which is the single most valuable line in Argentine customs for someone relocating.
At a glance
- Household and personal effects
- Free of tax
- Professional tools and equipment
- Taxable
Importable, but not exempt - the opposite of Uruguay's treatment
- A used car
- Exempt up to USD 15,000 customs value
ARCA writes the ceiling as USD 15.000 in Spanish notation - fifteen thousand dollars of customs value - and taxes the whole value of anything above it.
- Attaches to
- Permanent residency
Requirements
- Obtain permanent residency - the allowance attaches to that status, not to arriving
- Personal and household effects, new or used, for you or your family: imported free of tax
- Tools, machines, apparatus and instruments for your profession, art or trade: importable but subject to duty
- One used car registered in your name: exempt if its customs value is at or below USD 15,000, or the equivalent
- Quantity, nature and variety must not suggest a commercial purpose
What applies to you
Nothing changes for a citizen of Bolivia
We have no rule recorded that treats your citizenship differently here, so the general rule above is the one that applies to you. That is an answer, not a gap.
What the law says
«Un automóvil usado y registrado a nombre del interesado»Our translation - not official
One used car registered in the name of the person concerned
Listed alongside household effects and professional tools, each with its own treatment: free, exempt up to a ceiling, or taxable.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
Argentina's tax authority, successor to AFIP under Decreto 953/2024. Publishes guidance on who is a tax resident and what that implies.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Its guidance pages define concepts without citing article numbers, so a claim taken from here cannot be pinned to a provision of the Ley de Impuesto a las Ganancias without reading the statute separately. Much of its content is still served from afip.gob.ar addresses, and other government paperwork still names AFIP.
We re-read it every 180 days. More about this source
«Los extranjeros que obtengan su residencia permanente en la República Argentina, gozan de determinados beneficios para importar bienes.»Our translation - not official
Foreigners who obtain permanent residency in the Argentine Republic enjoy certain benefits for importing goods.
Permanent residency, not temporary. Someone on a rentista or worker permit is outside this until they convert.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
Argentina's tax authority, successor to AFIP under Decreto 953/2024. Publishes guidance on who is a tax resident and what that implies.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Its guidance pages define concepts without citing article numbers, so a claim taken from here cannot be pinned to a provision of the Ley de Impuesto a las Ganancias without reading the statute separately. Much of its content is still served from afip.gob.ar addresses, and other government paperwork still names AFIP.
We re-read it every 180 days. More about this source
«Un automóvil por persona con 18 años o emancipada, usado y registrado a nombre del interesado. Se encuentra exento siempre que su valor en aduana sea inferior o igual a USD 15.000 o su equivalente en otra moneda. Cuando su valor sea superior la totalidad de su valor quedará sujeto al pago de los tributos que gravan la importación para consumo.»Our translation - not official
One car per person aged 18 or emancipated, used and registered in the applicant's name. It is exempt provided its customs value is less than or equal to USD 15,000 or its equivalent in another currency. Where the value is higher, the whole of it becomes subject to the duties on importation for consumption.
The ceiling is a cliff, not an allowance: a car worth more is taxed on its full value, not on the excess.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
Argentina's tax authority, successor to AFIP under Decreto 953/2024. Publishes guidance on who is a tax resident and what that implies.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Its guidance pages define concepts without citing article numbers, so a claim taken from here cannot be pinned to a provision of the Ley de Impuesto a las Ganancias without reading the statute separately. Much of its content is still served from afip.gob.ar addresses, and other government paperwork still names AFIP.
We re-read it every 180 days. More about this source
Practical notes
The benefit is tied to permanent residency, so the sequencing matters: most routes here start with a temporary permit, and shipping belongings before converting means shipping them outside the allowance.
- administersExtranjeros que ingresan a residir en el país
ARCA (ex AFIP)
About this source
Argentina's tax authority, successor to AFIP under Decreto 953/2024. Publishes guidance on who is a tax resident and what that implies.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Its guidance pages define concepts without citing article numbers, so a claim taken from here cannot be pinned to a provision of the Ley de Impuesto a las Ganancias without reading the statute separately. Much of its content is still served from afip.gob.ar addresses, and other government paperwork still names AFIP.
We re-read it every 180 days. More about this source