The new tax reform proposal presented by the Ministry of Finance of Costa Rica includes the creation of a global income system to impose and collect a tax on the profits of companies and individuals.
Taxing all of the profits of natural and legal persons, including those currently paid separately by the identity code income method, is the principal new feature of the new tax reform plan presented by the Ministry of Finance.
Payment schedule for liabilities in January 2015 and Memorandum on Tax Bancarization.
Tax Memorandum
The requirement for Tax Bankarization is regulated by Articles 20 and 21 of Decree No. 20-2006, articles which were amended by Articles 27 and 28 of Decree No. 04-2012, specifically in order to change the amount of bankarization amount from $6,585 to $3,951
Calendar of payment obligations for July 2014 and Memorandum Tax on banking secrecy.
Tax Memorandum August 12nd - 14th 2014
Is bank secrecy is over?
All OECD countries as well as others such as Costa Rica have committed to the automatic exchange of tax information.
Because of the importance of this topic, the following is transcribed from a statement issued by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD):
An announcement has been made that greater control will be exerted in verifying payments of income taxes by large taxpayers.
Due to the decline in revenue from income tax and irregularities in the internal collection agency, the Directorate of Revenue has announced it will increase controls on businesses.
March 31 is the deadline for the declaration of Income Tax - ISR- for the year 2013 and considering that the SAT is exercising control more often and with more resources, such as technology, information provided by the taxpayer such as the case of the report on stocks of inventories kept up to the closing date, classification of taxpayers and other things, it is important to prepare this statement including amounts that are integrated and supported with the appropriate legal documentation. Of course, this is in the case of the taxpayer settling heir tax bill and being registered in the System On Profits From Lucrative Activities.
March 31 is the deadline for the declaration of Income Tax - ISR- for the year 2013 and considering that the SAT is exercising control more often and with more resources, such as technology, information provided by the taxpayer such as the case of the report on stocks of inventories kept up to the closing date, classification of taxpayers and other things, it is important to prepare this statement including amounts that are integrated and supported with the appropriate legal documentation. Of course, this is in the case of the taxpayer settling heir tax bill and being registered in the System On Profits From Lucrative Activities.
In order to check the results declared at the close of 2013 the Treasury has expanded powers to obtain information from taxpayers.
An article in Nacion.com by Oscar Rodriguez reports that "In this period, which ends Sept. 30, the Treasury may apply for the first time in a full fiscal year, the rules given in fiscal transparency laws and strengthening tax management, approved in September 2012. " ... " Carlos Vargas, Director General of Taxation, acknowledged that the new powers will allow them to be more effective in the control of the information to state companies and people."
The Superintendency of Tax Administration of Guatemala has reported revenues of Q10 billion ($ 1.27 billion) in 2011, a record in the collection of income tax.
Revenues for the payment of income tax (ISR) totaled about Q10 billion ($ 1.27 billion), in 2011 according to the Superintendency of Tax Administration of Guatemala (SAT).
"The good results obtained by the companies are due to the recovery of the Guatemalan economy, and measures implemented to combat tax evasion by the SAT also helped the collection of income tax (ISR) to exceed Q 10 billion in 2011, an increase of 30 percent compared to the Q7.74 billion ($ 989 million) in 2010 , " published ElPeriodico.com.
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