The national government has launched a new website allowing citizens across the country to access information and voluntarily report on the taxes charged by each municipality. This move is part of a political and rhetorical offensive against provinces and municipalities. The site, announced by Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni on social media, aims to map local taxes while also serving as a direct message to mayors amid growing tension over the weight of subnational taxes on commerce, services, and economic activity. The platform, which is open access and does not require registration, allows users to select a province on an interactive map and then view a list of taxes by municipality. The initiative has now taken a more confrontational turn: in addition to displaying information, it enables citizens to report inconsistencies, unregistered taxes, or levies they deem irregular or excessive. This represents a leap from a technical survey to a civic participation tool with political potential. In parallel, the announcement sparked a high-voltage conflict with opposition leaders on social media. The government chose to place it at the center of the stage. In practice, the initiative aims to highlight how much and how much is charged in each district, an approach framed by the Casa Rosada as "transparency" and "defense of the taxpayer." The measure builds on previous developments by the Ministry of Economy, which was already working on a "Municipal Tax Transparency" scheme and a "Municipal Tax Map" as a summary of local regulations, tax bases, and rates for selected taxes, along with comparisons between municipalities in different jurisdictions. However, the background is deeper: in a country where pressure on household budgets is at its limit and the economy is moving with social tension, any discussion about taxes—national, provincial, or municipal—touches sensitive nerves. This is not the first time the ruling party has sought to curb, limit, or question how some municipalities incorporate fees into public service bills or generate revenue from specific activities. The exchange, beyond the tone, exposed the logic of the fight: for the government, the focus is on what it considers "local burdens" that increase the cost of living and production; for much of the Peronist municipal movement, the discussion omits the national adjustment on incomes and services. Politically, the move is part of a broader strategy: placing municipal taxes at the center of the debate about the Argentine cost and total fiscal pressure. The platform organizes the tax burden into categories such as road tax, financial entities, primary activities, industry, and hypermarkets, and invites users to complete missing information or add taxes that are not yet included. The mayor of Quilmes, Mayra Mendoza, countered Adorni, calling him a "shameless person" and accusing the government of "taking people's money" while—in her view—inflation rises and wages fall, pushing the middle class into greater fragility. After an ironic response from the official, Mendoza doubled down: "You think you're smart, but your face gives you away." The conflict, then, is not just technical; it is political, territorial, and emotional. In many households and businesses, every tax is perceived as another rope; in many municipalities, every tax is also a tool for budgetary survival. Adorni responded harshly, attributing "fallacies" to her and pointing out that the ruling party is trying to pull the country out of the "disaster" inherited from previous administrations. In earlier stages of this dispute, the government had promoted tools to "defend against" fees added to bills and pushed the discussion to shift to the direct relationship between the mayor and the resident. With the new portal, the Javier Milei administration seems to be betting on a mechanism of massive visibility: if the taxpayer can see and report, the tax ceases to be a hidden detail in the fine print and becomes part of the public debate. For now, the portal operates as a showcase and a mailbox.
