Guatemala News

Telecoms Firms Ask Argentina To Ease Suffocating Tax Regime

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Friday, December 1, 2017

The GSM Association, which represents almost 800 mobile operators worldwide, has called for reform of the tax settings for the mobile telecoms sector in Argentina, pointing out the tax burden far exceeds that in neighboring states. Read Full Story

US Trade Commission Recommends Tariffs On Korean Washers

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

The US International Trade Commission has unanimously recommended tariffs of up to 50 percent on large washers imported from Korea. Read Full Story

14 Territories Praised By OECD For Tax Transparency Advances

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, June 29, 2017

A number of territories that had failed to demonstrate they have complied with international tax transparency standards have had their ratings upgraded by the OECD, following "fast-track" peer reviews. Read Full Story

Guatemala Makes Leap Forward On Tax Transparency

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

In an effort to improve its international standing in tax matters, Guatemala has signed a multilateral tax convention to provide assistance to other countries in tax matters. Read Full Story

Guatemala Offers Three-Month Tax Amnesty

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Monday, June 5, 2017

Guatemala has announced that it will waive interest and penalties on taxpayers who agree to pay any unpaid tax promptly. Read Full Story

Guatemala Ditches Import Tax On US Chicken Meat

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Guatemala has ditched its 12 percent tax on chicken meat imported from the US, Ruben Morales, the Minister of Economy, has confirmed. Read Full Story

Latin America and Caribbean Tax Revenues Rise: OECD

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, March 24, 2017

Tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean countries continued to increase in 2015, according to new data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Read Full Story

Obama Implements Various Trade Tariff Changes

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

President Barack Obama has signed a proclamation that tidies up various outstanding trade tariff issues, including the implementation of US tariff preferences for Nepal and the Central African Republic. Read Full Story

South Korea, Central America Agree Free Trade Deal

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

Thursday, November 17, 2016

On November 16, South Korea and the six Central American states – El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Costa Rica – agreed the details of a free trade agreement, according to an announcement from the South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. Read Full Story

Guatemala Urged To Widen Tax Base

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Guatemala needs to raise fiscal revenues to at least 15 percent of gross domestic product in the longer term to accommodate higher social and infrastructure spending, and to support efforts to reduce crime and corruption, the International Monetary Fund has said. Read Full Story

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