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Can a company depreciate assets more slowly than the statutory rate in Guatemala, and which rule allows it?

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The regulation of Book I (ISR) of the Tax Update Act (Acuerdo Gubernativo 213-2013, art. 24) lets taxpayers apply, under the straight-line method, depreciation percentages lower than the maxima of art. 28 of the Act (Decreto 10-2012) when they judge it better suited to the assets' conditions of use; the percentage adopted must be recorded in the books and, once adopted, cannot be changed. The maximum percentages by asset class sit in art. 28 of Decreto 10-2012.

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  • Regulation rule on lower percentages

    Allowed under straight line; irrevocable once adopted

    In forceAG

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  • SAT

    Reglamento del Libro I de la Ley de Actualización Tributaria, Acuerdo Gubernativo 213-2013, art. 24

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