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12% VAT on imported machinery and its recovery

Dossier
Importing machinery and inputs17-importar-maquinaria.md
Domain
Importing machinery: duty and clearanceimportar-maquinaria
Room
Invest · Importing machinery: duty and clearance/invertir/importar-maquinaria
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Imports of goods and services pay 12% VAT on the customs value (CIF) plus the import duty (DAI), following the standard mechanics set out in dossier 03 (the exact legal citation to Decree 27-92 remains to be verified against the text). VAT paid on importation is an input credit for the registered importer, offsettable against the output VAT on its sales. Cash consequence: for an ordinary taxpayer, import VAT is neutral over the medium term, but it is a working-capital financing cost when bringing in expensive machinery - hence the value of the regimes (Decree 29-89, free zones) that suspend or waive it at the border.

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Import VAT ratePwC Tax Summaries Guatemala
12%in force

Caveat

exact article of Decree 27-92 still to be cited against the official text

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