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What are Guatemala's income-tax rates on business activities, as the statute states them?

According to the cited documentsTaxes

Profit-based regime

25 % on the taxable base

In force since Jan 1, 2013Decreto 10-2012

Decreto 10-2012, Book I. Profit-based regime for business activities: 25 % on the taxable base (art. 36). Optional simplified regime on gross income: monthly taxable income from Q0.01 to Q30,000, 5 %; above Q30,000, a fixed Q1,500 plus 7 % on the excess over Q30,000 (art. 44). Art. 173 (as amended by Decreto 19-2013) set a transitional 6 % for the upper bracket during 2013; the 7 % applies from 1 January 2014. Book I entered into force on 1 January 2013.

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  • Optional simplified regime, up to Q30,000 a month5 %In forceDecreto 10-2012
  • Optional simplified regime, excess over Q30,000 a monthQ1,500 + 7 % of the excessIn force since Jan 1, 2014Decreto 10-2012

Sources

  • SAT

    Ley de Actualización Tributaria, Decreto 10-2012, Libro I, arts. 36, 44 y 173

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