Journey · Business

Start a company in Argentina

Start with the operating need and jurisdiction, not a legal-form label. Sequence personal tax questions, identifiers, formation, and bank onboarding with unresolved choices visible.

Who this is for

Founders testing whether an Argentine entity is necessary
Foreign owners preparing a local operating structure

Phase

Test whether a local entity is needed

Document customers, contracts, staff, assets, risk, and jurisdiction before choosing a structure.

Task

Prepare a tax-residence review

Create a factual chronology for review; this task does not decide your tax residence or filing position.

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Phase

Prepare formation and operating access

Resolve identifiers and formation dependencies before comparing account providers.

Task

Identify the tax credential to investigate

Map the transaction or activity to an official CUIT, CDI, or other path without treating this page as registration advice.

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Task

Prepare a company-formation brief

Resolve activity, jurisdiction, people, and operating needs before selecting or filing a legal form.

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Task

Prepare a bank-onboarding file

Organize identity, purpose, tax, work, entity, and source-of-funds records before comparing providers.

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Evidence status

Evidence for this page

Source recheckedAI-assisted source review · Check before acting

Company formation is jurisdiction-specific; the IGJ procedures cited by eArgentina apply to entities registered in the City of Buenos Aires and should not be treated as a universal national registry process.

Source authority: Inspección General de Justicia
Jurisdiction: Argentina — City of Buenos Aires registry
Checked: 2026-08-17
Next review: 2026-09-16
Source type: official guidance
Volatility: high

Applies when: Founders considering an entity registered with IGJ in the City of Buenos Aires.

What remains uncertain: Other provinces and legal forms use other registries, rules, forms, and professional requirements.

Change note: Rechecked the City of Buenos Aires jurisdiction boundary on 2026-08-17; no material source change was identified.

Get case-specific review when: The registered office, operations, owners, or assets cross jurisdictions.

Open official source: Sociedad por Acciones Simplificada

Source recheckedAI-assisted source review · Check before acting

IGJ's current SAS guidance identifies pre-filing choices and a step-by-step process involving participants, administrators, identity credentials, instruments, and registry filing for the City of Buenos Aires.

Source authority: Inspección General de Justicia
Jurisdiction: Argentina — City of Buenos Aires registry
Checked: 2026-08-17
Next review: 2026-09-16
Source type: official procedure
Volatility: high

Applies when: People preparing to investigate a SAS registered with IGJ; not a recommendation to choose SAS.

What remains uncertain: The legal form, current forms, fees, timing, foreign-participant formalities, and case-specific requirements require recheck.

Change note: Rechecked the current IGJ SAS workflow on 2026-08-17; no material source change was identified.

Get case-specific review when: Foreign owners, regulated activity, outside investment, bespoke governance, valuable IP, or unusual capital is involved.

Open official source: Paso a paso para crear tu SAS

Source recheckedAI-assisted source review · Check before acting

ARCA publishes a general legal-entity registration process and identifies jurisdiction- and entity-specific exceptions, including CABA SAS; founders must confirm whether registry formation and CUIT registration are integrated for the actual form and jurisdiction.

Source authority: Agencia de Recaudación y Control Aduanero
Jurisdiction: Argentina — national tax administration
Checked: 2026-08-17
Next review: 2026-09-16
Source type: official procedure
Volatility: high

Applies when: Founders determining the current federal tax-registration route for a legal form and jurisdiction.

What remains uncertain: The general procedure does not apply to every entity; special regimes can integrate or alter registry and CUIT sequencing.

Change note: Corrected on 2026-08-17: registry formation and CUIT registration are not universally separate because ARCA lists special regimes, including CABA SAS.

Get case-specific review when: Registration is time-critical, participants are abroad, authority is disputed, or the entity has regulated or cross-border activity.

Open official source: Personas jurídicas — Casos especiales de inscripción