Payment schedule for October 2015 and Memorandum on Transfer Pricing Tax.
Tax Memorandum of Tezó and Associates:
If your company imports, exports, provides services, receives services, or receives funding grants, among other things, with related companies located abroad, Special Valuation Rules Between Related Parties apply, as set out in Articles 54 to 67 of Decree No.
Since the institutional crisis the tax supervision body has been operating without a head since April, while the fiscal deficit is still growing and legal bills sleep in the Assembly.
In an opinion piece published on Prensalibre.com, Oscar Chile Monroy, refers to the need for the new president Alejandro Maldonado to urgently decide on who are the new authorities for the Tax Administration in order to redirect the state of public finances, after the institutional crisis whose effects are still being felt in the tax collection agency.
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Monthly income tax deductions for employees -
Deductions for capital income on property and goods (interest)
ISR Declaration on income from capital from property and goods (if not retained)
ISR Declaration on income from capital gains
Memorandum on submissions of tax reports for sales inventories up to June 30 to be handed in by taxpayers to the SAT before July 31, 2015.
Tax Memorandum of Tezó and Associates:
Article 42 of Decree No. 10-2012, and Article 32 of its Regulations regulate taxpayers in the Regime for Nonprofit Activities, must report to the SAT inventories for stocks available for sale as at 30 June December 31 each year.
Payment schedule for the most relevant obligations, corresponding to June 2015.
From a statement issued by Tezó and Associates:
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ISR monthly Employee Retention
-Retention for income from real estate and assets (interest)
-Declaration of Income tax on income from real estate and assets (when not retained)
-Declaration of Income tax on income from capital gains
"Of the total potential tax collection from VAT, only 50% is charged, with 19% being lost from exemptions and tax schemes, many without justification, while the remaining 30% is lost through evasion charges."
From a statement issued by the ICEFI:
During a forum organized by the Central American Institute for Fiscal Studies (Icefi) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a document was presented by the Icefi diagnosing the current situation of the Superintendency of Tax Administration (SAT) and an alternative roadmap was proposed for the rescue and reconstruction of the SAT.
The problem with income tax exemptions is that they favor high-return projects that would probably have been made anyway.
From an IDB document entitled "The effectiveness of tax incentives: The case of export processing zones in Costa Rica, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic".
Introduction and Summary
Policies encouraging investment make use of a variety of instruments.
Payment schedule of liabilities for April 2015 and Tax Memorandum on Fiscal Solvency.
Tax Memorandum by Tezó and Associates:
After several suits claiming the unconstitutionality of Article 57 "A" of the Tax Code which establishes fiscal solvency, this rule is in force, except the paragraph that reads "The Tax Administration will determine the requirements, characteristics and other necessary conditions for obtaining it." , which was declared unconstitutional.
Tax Memorandum by Tezó and Associates regarding verification of the information presented in the annual declaration of income tax.
Tax Memorandum by Tezó and Associates:
In March 2015 the SAT sent an email containing a reminder to some Special Taxpayers in respect to the maturity of the annual Income Tax affidavit (ISR). This email includes he notice with the following paragraph: "In April 2015, the SAT will verify the information presented in the annual ISR affidavit, for which reason it asks, among other things, for the integration of non-deductible expenses and receivables reported and declared. "
The Tax Authority has announced the implementation of its program of massive audits of firms for March and April.
From a statement issued by the Superintendency of Tax Administration (SAT):
The Tax Authority within its functions to monitor compliance with tax obligations and billing for services and sale of products, is now conducting checks on billing and fixed points at different types of existing businesses.
As part of the agreements signed between the two governments the elimination of double taxation has been established.
From a statement issued by the Government of Guatemala:
Within the framework of an official visit by President Otto Perez Molina which will took place on Friday, the Governments of Guatemala and Mexico signed the following bilateral agreements:
The Tax Authority announced special audits in companies with "related parties abroad", which can be avoided by presenting an Agreement on Advance Pricing.
This year nine audits are being carried out with the objective of corroborating "... suspicions raised when key rights or trade credits have been created." According to a study conducted by risk teams to implement transfer pricing, coffee, bananas, sugar, fuels and metals sectors are reporting increased risk in their transactions.
The construction union of Guatemala states that construction costs have increased by about 6% since the entry into force in January of a tax on the distribution of cement.
Since the start of the charging of a $0.66 tax per bag of cement distributed, representatives from cement companies have reported a drop in sales.
Pelayo Llarena, president of the Chamber of Construction, told Elperiodico.com.gt that "...
Complaints have been made that there is not a clear and complete record of the number of companies benefiting from special tax regimes.
It is estimated that there are approximately 3,000 taxpayers who fall under the tax exemptions regime, either totally or partially. However, this data has not been confirmed by the Superintendency of Tax Administration, even though it had to submit its first report in 2014, according to the rule which came into effect in November 2013.