Calendar of payments of obligations corresponding to December 2018 and tax memorandum on the data update before the Superintendence of Tax Administration.
Tax calendar of obligations corresponding to December 2018:
Friday, 14th
Monthly Income Tax withholdings for Employees
Friday, 14th
Withholdings on income from real estate and furniture (interest)
Absence of initiatives to cut spending and lack of dialogue with the business sector are the main criticisms of the tax reform bill proposed by the Executive Power.
In addition to the expected impact on the productive activities that will be affected, such as mining, one of the criticisms of the project is the absence of issues related to transparency in the use of resources, a key issue after the corruption cases revealed in 2015.
The suits citing unconstitutionality presented in Guatemala against the tax reform have caused irrecoverable losses to government coffers.
The head of Collection at tax authority SAT said that " the reform does not only include income tax (ISR)" and noted that the Constitutional Court (CC), among other resolutions, suspended the collection of a 5% tax on the first registration of tractors (Iprima).