Argentine Judge Cecilia Gilardi Madariaga de Negre ordered the country’s tax agency, AFIP, to exempt a man from paying the government’s new wealth tax, according to news outlet Infobae.
- The man is Alejandro Scannapieco, an executive at technology firm Globant, according to the Infobae story
- According to Infobae, Scannapieco filed a legal complaint that the wealth tax is confiscatory and affects his property rights
- A spokesman for AFIP didn’t immediately respond to Bloomberg’s request for comment
- NOTE, from Dec. 5:
Argentina to Hit the Rich With Wealth Tax as Covid-19 Costs Rise
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