Overview
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Region | Latin America |
| ISO 3166-1 | AR / ARG |
| Registry | IGJ (Inspección General de Justicia, CABA) / DPPJ or provincial registries + ARCA (formerly AFIP) |
| Last updated | 2026-05-04 |
Identifiers
Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Argentina and submit them as strings on the application body.| API field | Local name | Issuer |
|---|---|---|
businessInfo.taxId | CUIT | ARCA (formerly AFIP) |
businessInfo.businessEntityId | Número de Inscripción | Inspección General de Justicia (CABA) or provincial DPPJ |
Sector regulators
BCRA · CNV · SSN · ENACOM · UIF
Legal structures
| Local name | Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sociedad Anónima | S.A. | Share-capital corporation; 2+ shareholders, board required, majority of directors must be Argentine residents. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. |
| Sociedad Anónima Unipersonal | S.A.U. | Single-shareholder corporation; governed by same rules as S.A. but can be held by one natural or legal person. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. |
| Sociedad por Acciones Simplificada | S.A.S. | Simplified share-capital company (Ley 27.349); single or multiple shareholders, incorporated digitally, shares are freely transferable. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. |
| Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada | S.R.L. | Quota-based limited-liability company; 2–50 partners, managed by one or more gerentes, quotas not freely tradable. Closest US equivalent: LLC. |
| Sociedad Colectiva | S.C. | General partnership where all partners bear unlimited, joint and several liability for company obligations. Closest US equivalent: General Partnership. |
| Sociedad en Comandita Simple | S.C.S. | Limited partnership with at least one general partner (unlimited liability) and one or more silent partners (liability limited to contributed capital). Closest US equivalent: Limited Partnership. |
| Sociedad en Comandita por Acciones | S.C.A. | Comandita partnership in which limited partners hold transferable shares; general partners retain unlimited liability. Closest US equivalent: Limited Partnership. |
| Sociedad de Capital e Industria | S.C.I. | Hybrid partnership where one partner class contributes capital (unlimited liability) and another contributes only labor (liability limited to unpaid profits). Closest US equivalent: General Partnership. |
| Persona Humana con Actividad Económica | — | Individual natural person conducting business under their own name; registered with ARCA as autónomo or monotributista. No separate legal entity. Closest US equivalent: Sole Proprietorship. |
| Cooperativa | — | Member-owned cooperative governed by Ley 20.337; members have equal voting rights regardless of capital contribution. Closest US equivalent: Cooperative. |
| Asociación Civil | — | Non-profit civil association formed for social, cultural, or public-interest purpose; registered with IGJ; prohibited from distributing profits. Closest US equivalent: Nonprofit Corporation (501(c)(3)). |
| Sucursal de Sociedad Extranjera | — | Registered branch of a foreign company operating in Argentina (Ley 19.550, Art. 118/123); not a separate legal entity from the parent. Closest US equivalent: Branch/Rep Office. |
How documents combine
For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.| Evidence area | Documents needed |
|---|---|
| Legal Registration | Any one of: Constancia de Inscripción IGJ · Constancia de Inscripción DPPJ |
| Constitutive Documents | Any one of: Estatuto · Contrato Social |
| Tax Registration | All required: Constancia de CUIT + Inscripción Ingresos Brutos |
| Operating Permit | Habilitación Municipal |
| Ownership Records | All required: Estatuto + Libro de Registro de Acciones |
| Governance Records | All required: Estatuto + Acta de Designación de Autoridades |
| Signing Authority | All required: Acta de Directorio + Poder Notarial |
| Address | Any one of: Contrato de Locación · Constancia de Domicilio · Estado de Cuenta Bancario |
| Good Standing | Certificado de Vigencia y Pleno Cumplimiento |
Documents to collect
The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed.| Document | Proves |
|---|---|
| Constancia de Inscripción IGJ (CABA) | Legal Registration |
| DPPJ (provincial) | Legal Registration |
| Estatuto | Constitutive Documents, Ownership Records, Governance Records |
| Contrato Social | Constitutive Documents |
| Constancia de CUIT (ARCA, formerly AFIP) | Tax Registration |
| Inscripción Ingresos Brutos (provincial tax registration — AGIP / ARBA / provincial) | Tax Registration |
| Habilitación Municipal | Operating Permit |
| Libro de Registro de Acciones | Ownership Records |
| Acta de Designación de Autoridades | Governance Records |
| Acta de Directorio | Signing Authority |
| Poder Notarial (notarized POA) | Signing Authority |
| Contrato de Locación | Address |
| Constancia de Domicilio (≤90 días) | Address |
| Estado de Cuenta Bancario (≤90 días) | Address |
| Certificado de Vigencia y Pleno Cumplimiento (CEVIP) — IGJ / DPPJ | Good Standing |
| Sector-Specific License | BCRA, CNV, SSN, ENACOM, UIF |
Collection notes
- Tax Registration: CUIT covers federal taxes. Inscripción Ingresos Brutos is the provincial gross-income tax registration (AGIP in CABA, ARBA in Buenos Aires province, equivalent provincial agencies elsewhere) and is collected where the entity operates — this is a tax registration, not an operating permit.
- Address: Lease accepted without time bound. Utility bill or bank statement must be dated within 90 days. Either document satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
- Good Standing: Issued by IGJ (CABA) or the provincial DPPJ via Trámites a Distancia (TAD). Evidences validity, legality and full compliance with registration obligations. CEVIP is valid for six months from issuance; banks and counterparties commonly require it within 30 days. For sociedades anónimas, if the registered board’s term has expired the certificate states so expressly.
Person roles
When you submit a person on the application body, set theirrole to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.
| Local role | Canonical API role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Director | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Board member in S.A. Majority must be Argentine residents. |
| Presidente | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Board chair. |
| Director Suplente | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Backup board member. Common in Argentina. |
| Gerente | LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE | Manages S.R.L. Can be a partner or external. |
| Representante Legal | LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE | Legal representative. |
Notes
- Majority of S.A. directors must be Argentine residents.
- AFIP was dissolved 2024-10-24 and reconstituted as ARCA; pre-2024 AFIP-branded constancias remain valid.