Implementing a rescue plan in which SAT makes tax collections more flexible and IGSS assists employees is part of the proposal of Guatemalan businessmen in the commercial and service sector, given the crisis that has been generated by the health emergency.
If the quarantine and mobility restriction measures are extended by two months, it is predicted that by the end of the year the annualized demand for car rental services in Central America will have fallen by 30%.
The "Information System for the Impact Analysis of Covid-19 on Business", prepared by the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, measures the impact that the crisis will have on companies according to their sector or economic activity, considering different scenarios for the coming months.
The company announced that the new service center specializing in finance and accounting, which will be in Heredia, arises as a result of an alliance with the chain Walmart.
Genpact, a multinational professional services company dedicated to digital transformation, reported that from its new service center in Costa Rica, will support Walmart's operations in Latin America.
The Costa Rican Fire Department tenders the outsourcing of 19 support services, of different types, under the modality of delivery according to demand.
During the last year, Contact Center and BPO service sector exports were estimated at $600 million, 12% less than the $720 million reported the previous year.
Some of the factors influencing the failure to reach the job creation projection include the fact that no English language skills have been generated in young people, and at the time of the forecasts the exchange rate in the country was Q8.2 to one dollar, and now the rate has dropped to Q7.7.
During 2017, there were 361,000 microenterprises operating from households in the country, 14% less than those reported in 2017.
The National Household Microenterprise Survey (Enameh) 2018 details that this type of companies generated 600,444 jobs in 2018, including the owner of the activity. In 2017, the employment generated was estimated at 768,258 people, which implies that there was also a negative variation in the capacity to create employment (-21.8%).
After investing $22 million, the American Startek inaugurated in Tegucigalpa the Altia Technology Park tower, from where services will be provided to large companies globally.
Representatives of the company informed that the new eight-floor business tower will house 2,500 workers and took the opportunity to announce that they plan to build one more tower in Tegucigalpa and another in San Pedro Sula.
During 2018, foreign sales by companies in the digital development sector in Guatemala totaled $37 million, 4% more than in 2017.
Panama, United States, El Salvador, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Japan, Canada, Germany are some of the markets where the Digital Development Sector (SOFEX) of AGEXPORT innovated in its exports of specialized services, informed the exporting guild.
In 2018, nearly 13,000 new jobs were generated in Costa Rica because of investment in 48 new projects in the service, manufacturing and other productive sectors.
The Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives (CINDE) reported that because of new companies arrived in the country together with investments made by companies already installed, 12,961 new jobs were generated in the sectors of services, digital technologies, life sciences, advanced manufacturing and light manufacturing.
In 100 days of political and social crisis in Nicaragua, entrepreneurs estimate that businesses dedicated to trade and services have lost earnings of $1 billion.
Representatives from the Chamber of Commerce and Services of Nicaragua (CCSN), reported that companies dedicated to trade projected that by 2018 they would reach sales of $2.3 billion, however, due to the crisis that has affected the different sectors of the economy that will be impossible.
The Panamanian government bill proposes eliminating the differentiated tax treatment for this activity's internal and external operations, and establishing a neutral rate of 0% of income tax on the profit generated by these commercial operations.
The Minister in charge of Economy and Finance, Eyda Varela de Chinchilla, presented two bills to the National Assembly: one that regulates the activities of call centers for commercial use and another on intangible assets, according to an official statement by the ministerial institution.
The tender for the service of electronic tax stamps for containers passing through Guatemalan customs will no longer be carried out, meaning that several companies will be able to offer their services independently.
Last June the Superintendency of Tax Administration of Guatemala had convened an informative meeting for companies that were interested in the qualification process to provide the electronic tax stamp service.
The Bank of Guatemala is putting out to tender a contract for services by an external audit firm to dictate and certify the institution's financial statements.
In the first quarter of 2018, the manufacturing and services sectors recorded falls of 4,000 and 7,000, respectively, in the monthly average number of affiliates to the social insurance scheme compared to 2017.
One example of the contraction observed in industrial activity is what occured in free zones.The Association of Private Free Zones of Guatemala explained that due to the closure of more than one hundred companies, some 1,500 jobs have been lost.
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