GUATEMALA
COMPLIANCE WITH INDIGENOUS LAW: A NECESSITY FOR INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN GUATEMALA
The relevance of being duly advised in this matter has been evidenced by recent resolutions of the Constitutional Court that have suspended some investment projects, precisely because of the breach...
  EL SALVADOR
TAX TREATMENT OF LOSSES OR DECREASES IN PRODUCTION STAGES UNDER THE INCOME TAX LAW
Salvadoran income tax legislation, in defining the deductible cost of goods, establishes in Article 28 the general rules of deductibility, which provides that net income shall be determined by deducting from the income obtained the costs...
  HONDURAS
NEW SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR THE APPLICATION AND COMPLIANCE OF MINIMUM RATES IN PUBLIC FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION
This Regulation complements the minimum rates established for the provision of public freight transportation service in Honduras. A default situation regarding the payment of minimum rates under this Regulation by the user or intermediary...
  NICARAGUA
REFORM OF LAW NO. 977 BY MEANS OF WHICH LAWYERS AND NOTARIES PUBLIC OF NICARAGUA ARE COMPELLED TO REPORT TO THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS UNIT
The Judiciary will be in charge of extending the provisions that indicate how the reports should be presented to the UAF...
 

COSTA RICA
CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM SIGN TRADE AGREEMENT
During the past months, importers, exporters and investors have monitored the negotiation hoping it will be approved before Brexit. The separation of the United Kingdom form the EU involved the use of the terms established by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the non-application of the terms preferences for the products of both parties...
 

PANAMA
FINALLY PANAMA HAS A DATA PRIVACY LAW
By implementation of the Data Privacy Law, request for consent must be given in a way that allows its traceability through documents, electronically or by any other mean, suitable to the case and it can be revoked, without retroactive effect...

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