How much you can earn on Mercado Libre

Honest maths, on the official numbers.

Three tax levels for trade in Argentina

Monotributo, the simplified regime for sole traders. A ceiling of 126.6m pesos a year, a fixed monthly tax, no IVA.

Responsable Inscripto, an individual on the general regime. No turnover ceiling, but you pay 21% IVA and Ganancias.

A company, an SRL or SA. Also no ceiling and also with IVA. You need it for importing and to keep your personal assets out of the risk.

Working out the profit

Take the top monotributo bracket, category K on the scale in force since August 2026. The revenue ceiling is 126,610,839 pesos a year and the payment is around 702,000 pesos a month for selling goods.

Now take the maximum. You sold 126.6m pesos in a year at a 40% net margin, after every platform cost.

You made 50.6m pesos. Minus the annual tax, 702 thousand times twelve, so minus 8.4m. That leaves about 42m pesos a year.

At a rate of 1500 that is turnover of about 7,000 dollars a month and around 2,350 dollars net.

This is where everyone is surprised

That is the ceiling? Just over two thousand dollars?

Yes. By law you cannot earn more on a single monotributo.

How to earn more

A second monotributo in your spouse’s name. The ceiling doubles to 253m pesos a year, which is about 4,700 dollars a month net. Nothing changes in how you work. That is exactly what we do now, two monotributos in the family.

Become Responsable Inscripto as an individual. There is no ceiling at all. In exchange you get 21% IVA and monthly filings.

Open a company. The same plus limited liability. You need it to import from China, and that is a different level of money.

Our plan

Right now we have two monotributos in the family. Next comes a company for importing from China. We will share what we learn at every step.

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