Thursday, February 28, 2008

Argentine Companies May Get Tax Breaks for Governance


Argentina may grant incentives such as lower tax rates to companies that improve corporate governance standards, part of an effort to attract investment to South America's second-biggest economy.

The securities regulator known as CNV is discussing the incentives with the economy ministry and the stock exchange, CNV Chief Executive Rodolfo Iribarren said.

``It is a topic that is being evaluated because we have to find out the fiscal cost,'' he said in a telephone interview yesterday from Buenos Aires. ``In the second half probably we will have a clearer outlook on whether we could launch this measure in 2009.''

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