Last updated: June 2026
In brief
Among the many reforms proposed by the bill for a new General Companies Act (submitted to Congress in May 2026), one has a very concrete, everyday impact: the full digitalisation of corporate life. The aim is to move away from the paper file and to allow a company to be incorporated, keep its books, set its domicile and hold its meetings entirely by electronic means. For anyone who starts up or manages a company, this promises fewer formalities, lower costs and greater agility. Below, we set out what the reform proposes and what would change in practice.
Incorporating a company with a digital signature
Today, setting up a company often entails paperwork, notarial intervention and processing times that can delay the commencement of business. The bill provides that incorporation may be effected by private instrument bearing a digital signature, an authenticated electronic signature or an advanced electronic signature.
In plain terms: a company could be formed from a computer, without physically moving documents from one place to another. For the SAS (Simplified Joint-Stock Company), the bill even contemplates that registration with the Public Registry be completed within 24 hours. The aim is clear: to lower barriers to entry for entrepreneurs and SMEs.
Digital books: the end of paper books
Every company is required to keep books —minute books, the register of partners or shareholders, accounting books— which are traditionally certified and kept in paper form. The bill provides that the Public Registries must implement digital books within a set period following the entry into force of the act.
What changes for the company? Bookkeeping becomes electronic, which simplifies the preservation, consultation and safekeeping of the records and reduces the risk of loss of or damage to the physical medium.
Remote meetings and gatherings
Another highly practical development: corporate resolutions could be adopted at an in-person, remote or hybrid meeting, and even without a meeting, by means of minutes signed by all the partners or through a written consultation.
This grants legal recognition to a practice that has become commonplace in recent years. For partners residing in different cities or countries, or for companies that need to act quickly, the ability to deliberate and vote remotely represents a real saving of time and travel costs.
Electronic domicile and registered office: valid service by electronic means
The bill allows the company to establish an electronic registered office and an electronic domicile recorded with the Public Registry. At that domicile, service of notices would be valid and binding.
This is a significant change: formal communication with the company comes to have a digital channel with full legal effect, which streamlines procedures and reduces reliance on service by paper. As a counterpart, it requires companies to keep that channel active and monitored, because whatever is served there will have legal effects.
A public digital file for every company
The reform provides that the Public Registry shall create a digital file for each company, available for public consultation on an unrestricted and free basis, which would not contain sensitive accounting or financial information. To this is added the creation of a National Companies Registry, implemented through a centralised digital platform.
For the public, this means greater transparency and ease in verifying a company’s basic data. For companies, a single, digital point of access that would replace the current fragmentation of procedures.
What benefits and what safeguards does it bring?
Taken together, the package points to three advantages: less bureaucracy (online procedures and shorter time frames), lower costs (no travel or paper handling) and greater agility in incorporating companies and making decisions.
Like any transformation, it also calls for safeguards. The validity of electronic service obliges companies to monitor their digital domicile. The electronic signature requires having the appropriate tools and credentials. And the success of the system will depend on the registry infrastructure —platforms, files and digital books— being effectively operational and secure. These are matters that the act itself addresses through transition periods.
Bear in mind: for now it is only a bill
It is important to stress: this is a bill under consideration, submitted to Congress in May 2026, which must complete the legislative process and whose content may be amended. In addition, the text provides for a deferred entry into force and transition periods so that companies and registries can adapt to the new digital framework.
Conclusion
The full digitalisation proposed by the new General Companies Act seeks to bring the Argentine company into line with the way work is done today: online, paperless and without geographical borders. Incorporating a company from a computer, keeping the books in electronic form, meeting remotely and operating with a public digital file would cease to be an aspiration and become the rule. If the bill is passed, corporate procedure in Argentina will take a generational leap forward. In the meantime, it is advisable to follow its progress closely and to prepare for the change.
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. As this is a bill under consideration, its content may change. For specific decisions, please consult our experts.