Panama: National Assembly approves TIEA with Ecuador
Panama’s National Assembly approved draft Law No. 439, ratifying the tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) with Ecuador on 14 January 2026. Signed on 14 August 2025, the agreement seeks to enhance tax cooperation and transparency through
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Panama: DGI announces updated tax return forms
Panama’s tax authority (DGI) announced on 8 January 2026 several updates to the e-Tax 2.0 system, including the release of new versions of declaration forms. A new section has been added to Form F2 (Corporate Income Tax), which now
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Panama: Cabinet approves TIEA with Ecuador
The agreement aims to enhance transparency and cooperation on tax matters between the two nations. Panama's Cabinet has approved the tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) with Ecuador on 30 September 2025. A TIEA is a bilateral
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Kuwait proposes establishing tax treaty with Panama
The discussions focused on strengthening bilateral relations and enhancing cooperation in areas of mutual interest, including investment opportunities. Panama’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that President José Raúl Mulino held a
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Panama: DGI updates eligibility rules for free e-invoicing platform
Resolution 201-6299 enters into force on 1 January 2026. Panama’s tax authority (DGI) published Resolution 201-6299 of 29 July 2025 in the Official Gazette No. 30350 on 25 August 2025, updating the criteria for registered taxpayers to use the
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Panama: DGI extends deadline for taxpayer registry
The deadline for updating the taxpayer registry information has been extended due to technological disruptions. Panama’s tax authority (DGI) has published Resolution 201-6695 of 12 August 2025 in Official Gazette No. 30348 of 21 August 2025,
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Ecuador, Panama sign TIEA
The agreement takes effect upon the exchange of ratification instruments. Ecuador’s Internal Revenue Service (SRI) announced the signing of a tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) with Panama on 14 August 2025. This is the first
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Panama withdraws extended deadlines for tax treaty claim corrections
The new resolution only allows a 10-day extension, with the possibility of extending it up to 30 days. Panama published Resolution No. 201-5822 on 16 July 2025, in Official Gazette No. 30323, repealing Resolution No. 201-2232 of 16 March
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Panama extends tax filing deadline for select colon free trade zone taxpayers
The deadline extension only applies to taxpayers who had requested an extension. Panama’s tax administration (DGI) published Resolution 201-3727 in the Official Gazette on 29 April 2025, extending the deadline for Colon Free Trade Zone
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Panama updates CRS participating jurisdictions list
Panama published Resolution No. 201-3013 of 26 March 2025 in the Official Gazette on 1 April 2025 updating the list of participating jurisdictions for the automatic exchange of financial account information under the Common Reporting Standard
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Panama revises tax compliance deadlines and rules
Panama’s Ministry of Economy and Finance and tax authorities have recently announced tax developments, which include new regulatory obligations for resident agents and legal entities and deadline extensions for compliance requirements. Updated
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Panama announces new withholding tax form for amended multinational enterprises HQ (SEM) regime
Panama's Ministry of Finance has published Resolution No. 201-1394 of 5 February 2025, approving the updated withholding tax Form No. 1119 (version 1). The form is for the withholding tax introduced by Law No. 57 of 24 October 2018 on certain
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Panama and Peru to negotiate tax treaty
On 23 January 2025, officials from Panama and Peru met to discuss strengthening economic and trade relations, including negotiating an income tax treaty. The income tax treaty between the two countries would eliminate double taxation and prevent
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Panama introduces new return form for Colon Free Zone taxpayers
Panama’s General Directorate of Revenue has introduced a new income tax return form for Colon Free Zone taxpayers, now available in the eTax 2.0 system. Taxpayers must update their status as Colon Free Zone users in the eTax 2.0 system to
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Panama extends deadline for resident agents to submit accounting records, documentation
Panama's Ministry of Economy and Finance has issued Executive Decree No. 177 of 2024 on 30 December 2024, which includes the deadline to submit accounting records and supporting documents to resident agents, set at 31 March 2025 for tax years 2021,
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Panama offers amnesty for late interest payments for tax liabilities until December
Panama introduced a tax amnesty through Law 446, published in the Official Gazette on 28 October 2024, offering tax relief on surcharges and late interest payments for various tax liabilities, such as income tax, real estate tax, VAT, selective
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Panama introduced procedure to allow transfer of tax credits
Panama’s tax administration (Dirección General de Ingresos, DGI) introduced a procedure that allows taxpayers to transfer tax credits from income tax, property tax, education insurance tax, complementary tax, and dividend tax to another
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Panama: Municipality announces tax amnesty programme
The Municipality of Panama has introduced a tax amnesty programme that grants exemptions from interest, penalties, and fines for individuals and legal entities, as per Agreement No. 200, on 20 August 2024. To qualify, participants must settle
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