Ecuador: Government publishes a Resolution regarding special advance tax payment

07 September, 2020

On 4 September 2020, the Director General of Internal Income Service published Resolution No. NAC-DGERCGC20-00000054 of 4 September 2020, providing procedures of how to collect an exceptional advance income tax payment pursuant to Executive Decree

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Ecuador: Reminder for the effective date of Vat law regarding digital service tax

26 August, 2020

The VAT law or Organic Law for Tax Simplicity and Progressiveness was Officially published on 31st December 2019. On 28 July 2020, the President approved the rules for administering the VAT measures on digital services. The new VAT comes into

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Ecuador: Government publishes Resolution regarding exceptional advance tax payments

23 August, 2020

On 4 August 2020, the Government published a Resolution No. NAC-DGERCGC20-00000051 of 4 August 2020, which establishes rules of how to collect an exceptional advance tax payment pursuant to Executive Decree No. 1109 of 31 July 2020. It applies for

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Ecuador: The Internal Income Service amends prior Resolutions regarding transfer pricing

10 July, 2020

On 1 July 2020, the Government published Resolution No. NAC-DGERCGC20-00000046 of 1 July 2020, which amends the calculation of profit level indicators. According to amendments, it is provided that taxpayers must use the last financial information

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Ecuador: SRI publishes a Resolution to extend the TP report filing deadline

22 May, 2020

On 6 May 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (SRI) published Resolution NAC-DGERCGC20-00000032 , which extends the deadline of Annex on Related Party Operations and the Comprehensive Transfer Pricing Report for fiscal year 2019 between 10 and 28

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Ecuador: President announces tax relief measures during COVID-19 pandemic

30 March, 2020

On 27 March 2020, the President announced a series of measures due to coronavirus outbreak. The key measures are given below: Payment of corporate income tax for fiscal year 2019 for the months of April, May, and June 2020 can be deferred and

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Ecuador: Internal Revenue publishes rules on dividend withholding tax

18 March, 2020

On 20 February 2020, the Internal Revenue Service published a Resolution NAC-DGERCGC20-00000013 of 20 February 2020 regarding rules of how to distribute the dividend withholding tax (WHT) by a resident company or a permanent establishment in

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Ecuador: SRI publishes Resolution regarding temporary corporate income tax

09 February, 2020

On 29 January 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (SRI) published an Administrative Resolution in the Supplement of the Official Registry 131, which specifies the procedure for filing the tax return and the annual payment of the temporary tax for

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Ecuador: Government publishes tax reform for 2020

08 January, 2020

On 31 December 2019, the Government published tax reform 2020 through Law of Simplicity and Tax Progressivity (Law No. SAN-2019-1270) in the Official Gazette. The Law effects from 1 January 2020. Some of the key provisions are given

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DTA between Ecuador and Japan enters into force

31 December, 2019

On 28 December 2019, the Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between Ecuador and Japan was entered into force and applies from 1 January 2020. The DTA contains Dividends rate 5%, Interest rate 10%, and Royalties rate

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Ecuador: President made objections on second tax reform bill

31 December, 2019

On 14 December 2019, the President, Moreno, made objections on the second tax reform bill approved by the National Assembly. Accordingly, he proposed to limit the application of the thin-capitalization rules to inter-company loans. Accordingly,

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Ecuador: Tax Policy Committee issues Resolution on tax incentives for micro and Small business

11 December, 2019

On 26 November 2019, the Tax Policy Committee published Resolution CPT-RES-2019-005 regarding the application of tax incentives in case of micro and small enterprises, which entered into force on the similar day of its publication in the Official

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Ecuador presents new tax reform Bill

30 November, 2019

On 21 November 2019, the Ecuadorian National Assembly presented a new draft of the Tax Reform Bill on "Tax Simplicity and Progressiveness" following the rejection of the previous draft law on economic growth reform submitted to Congress on 18

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Ecuador: NA Approves Mutual Assistance Agreement on Tax matters

04 September, 2019

On 7 August 2019, Ecuador's National Assembly approved the bill for the ratification of the OECD-Council of Europe Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters as amended by the 2010 protocol. Its objective is to facilitate

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Ecuador introduces TP risk model

06 August, 2019

On 1 August 2019, the Inter-America Center of Tax Administration (CIAT) publishes a document on Ecuador Transfer Pricing (TP) Risk Model in its official website. The SRI of Ecuador, with the coordinated support of CIAT, the United Nations (UN), the

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Ecuador: SRI issues decree on advance income tax payments

15 July, 2019

On 5 July 2019, the Ecuadorian Internal Revenue Service (Servicio de Rentas Internas-SRI) issued Executive Decree No. 806 of 25 June 2019 in its official website. The decree introduces new schedule for advance income tax payments. The payment of

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Ecuador releases advance tax refund procedure for FY 2018

08 July, 2019

On 4 June 2019, the Ecuadorian Internal Revenue Service (SRI) issued Resolution No. NAC-DGERCGC19-0000022 dated 30 May 2019 concerning refund procedures for overpaid advance income tax in financial year (FY) 2018. According to the resolution,

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Ecuador: SRI issues circular regarding income tax law

18 April, 2019

On 9 April 2019, Ecuador’s Internal Revenue Service (SRI) issued Circular No. NAC-DGECCGC19-00000003. The circular makes a reminder about the application of the legal regulations in force for the determination of income tax for the fiscal year

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