Income tax regime election, changes and the territorial principle
- Taxes and incentives
- Taxes: income tax, VAT and withholding
- not audited
A taxpayer chooses its income tax regime when registering with the tax authority (SAT); to change it, notice must be given one month before the new period begins. Guatemala applies the territorial principle: companies are taxed only on Guatemalan-source income. Both rules come from PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries (reviewed 09 Jun 2026) and were not checked against the exact article of Decree 10-2012.
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- Anticipación del aviso para cambiar de régimen
- 1 mes antes del nuevo período
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