The Superintendence of Telecommunications prepares the procedure to start issuing sanctions of up to $25,800 from February 2020, to businesses that do not have a registry of mobile terminal equipment and SIM cards.
The regulations have been in force for years, as on October 9, 2013, Decree 8-2013, the Mobile Terminal Equipment Law, came into force, which mandates the creation of the Registry of Mobile Terminal Equipment and SIM Cards Dealers, both under the responsibility of the Superintendence of Telecommunications (SIT).
Since November 4, 2019, the SAT Form 0471 entered into force in Guatemala to register in the new Electronic Regime for the Return of Tax Credit.
To apply to this mechanism, one of the requirements is to be incorporated into the Online Electronic Invoice Regime. According to Agexport, exporters of both goods and services are also eligible.
In Costa Rica, taxpayers interested in benefiting from exemptions or reduced rates of payment of Value Added Tax must register with the Directorate General of Taxation.
The changes were detailed on October 15, 2019, when the resolution of the General Directorate of Taxation (DGT) No. DGT-DGH-R-060-2019, entitled "Procedure for requesting registration, special orders for the authorization of exemption or reduced rate of Value Added Tax (VAT)", was published in the Official Newspaper La Gaceta."
The National Congress approved a loan with the CABEI to finance the purchase of technological infrastructure for the survey of facial and fingerprints of citizens.
The loan contract between the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) and the Government of Honduras will partially finance the Project to Modernize the Identification Document carried out by the National Registry of Persons (RNP), informed the National Congress.
Millicom CAM SEM, S.A. and Upfield NL Holdings Two B.V., were the companies that were recently established as Multinational Companies Headquarters in the country.
From the MICI statement:
MICI 13-08-2019. The Commission of Headquarters of Multinational Enterprises (SEM) of the Ministry of Commerce and Industries (MICI) recently approved the establishment of two new multinationals in the country, after complying with all the requirements set forth in the Law.
Because of doubts that have arisen in the business sector, in Costa Rica it was reported that the start of shareholder registration was postponed six months and will enter into force on September 1 of this year.
The aim of this process is to facilitate compliance with the obligation that companies must inform the Treasury on the composition of its share capital, as well as the identification of final beneficiaries, under the provisions of the Law to Improve the Fight against Tax Fraud, a statement from the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR).
Guatemala's pharmaceutical sector is demanding delays in the authorization of medicines, since it is estimated that more than a thousand dossiers are waiting for the endorsement to be legally commercialized in the country.
According to authorities of the College of Pharmacists and Chemists of Guatemala, the Department of Regulation and Control of Pharmaceuticals and Related Products of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (MSPAS) has been operating irregularly since January 2017, when its former headquarters located in zone 15 of Guatemala City caught fire.
The Ministry of Public Health's new online platform promises to facilitate registration procedures and sanitary licenses for food and beverages in Guatemala.
The authorities reported that the platform will enable procedures to be carried out online, and indicated that verifications in the fieldwill also be strengthened.
The number of companies in operation which have 10 or more workers decreased from 7,618 in March 2017 to 7,571 in December of the same year.
Figures from the "National Survey of Companies 2017" by the National Institute of Statistics and Census indicate that between the first quarter and the last quarter of last year, the number of private companies registered a small variation of almost 1%.
Of the almost 38 thousand companies registered in the country, only 6% export some kind of product or service, while 15% import, among which are those in the fields of manufacturing and commerce.
The Directory of Companies and Establishments 2017 (DEE) of the National Institute of Economy and Censuses (INEC) details, among other data, the business category and the activity to which the companies in the country are dedicated.
Reports state that in 2017 the registration of mercantile companies in Guatemala grew 10% compared to 2016.
Figures from the Mercantile Registry (RM by its initials in Spanish) also detailed that the registration of individual traders grew by 9.3% with respect to 2016.Dca.gob.gt reports that "...On the other hand, 3 thousand companies closed down, a figure that exceeded 2,040 two years ago."
Starting from October 17, the Panama Maritime Authority will be opening new offices in London, Manila, and Dubai for the international registration of vessels.
The aim of the Panama Maritime Authority is to have a closer relationship with international clients, and to increase registration of vessels from non-traditional markets such as gas, cruise ships and yachts, since "...
Between January and July, 43,000 new companies were registered, 19% more than in the same period in 2016, when 36,000 companies were registered.
Figures from the General Mercantile Registry of Guatemala (RMG) show that "from January to July, 43,130 individual traders, mercantile companies, national and foreign companies were registered, while in 2016 36,133 were registered, that is to say 6,997 less."
A legal reform approved by Congress obliges telephone operators to register the IMEI code of cell phones, with the aim of minimizing smuggling and cloning of devices.
The amendment to Legislative Decree 19-2014 establishes that operators must register the IMEI code in a database that will be managed by the National Telecommunications Commission.