Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Argentine Peso (ARS)
- Symbol
- $ — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- $123.456,78
- Thousands separator
- .
- Decimal separator
- ,
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- No central-bank source publishes ARS yet
Tax
- 27% — higher
- 10.5% — reduced
Payment methods in Argentina
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 mercado pago
- 02 card
- 03 bank transfer
- 04 rapipago
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard, cabal, naranja, amex. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- es-AR
- Official languages
- Spanish
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +54
- Mobile format
- +54 9 XX XXXX XXXX
- Digits
- 11
Argentina: common questions
What currency does Argentina use?
Argentina uses the Argentine Peso (ARS), symbol $. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as $123.456,78.
How many decimal places does ARS have?
ARS has 2 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.
What is the IVA rate in Argentina?
The standard IVA rate in Argentina is 21.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Argentina?
The methods that matter in Argentina, in rough order of use: mercado pago, card, bank transfer, rapipago.
What is the dialling code for Argentina?
Argentina's country calling code is +54. Mobile numbers are formatted +54 9 XX XXXX XXXX (11 digits after the country code).
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