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Country Commerce Guatemala 2008

Regulatory/market assessment

Regulatory/market watch

Fundamental indicators: exchange rates against chief trading partners

Key commercial indicators

The operating environment: Political conditions

The operating environment: The economy at a glance

The operating environment: Market conditions

The operating environment: Fundamental indicators: GDP and inflation

The operating environment: Currency

The operating environment: State role in the economy

The operating environment: Major state-owned enterprises

The operating environment: Foreign investment

The operating environment: Investment-approval checklist

The operating environment: International agreements

The operating environment: Recent foreign direct investment

Organising an investment: Basic investment approval

Organising an investment: Acquisition of an existing firm

Organising an investment: Building and related permits

Organising an investment: Holding patterns

Organising an investment: Environmental law

Organising an investment: Acquisition of real estate

Organising an investment: Local-content requirements

Organising an investment: Business associations

Organising an investment: Requirements of a sociedad anonima (SA)

Organising an investment: Establishing a local company

Organising an investment: Establishing a branch

Incentives: Overview

Incentives: General incentives

Incentives: Industry-specific incentives

Incentives: Regional incentives

Incentives: Export incentives and zones

Licensing: Overview

Licensing: Protection of intellectual property

Licensing: Intellectual-property law

Licensing: Registering property

Licensing: Recent licensing agreements

Licensing: Negotiating a licence

Licensing: Software piracy in the Americas

Licensing: Administrative restrictions

Competition and price policies: Overview

Competition and price policies: Monopolies and market dominance

Competition and price policies: Mergers

Competition and price policies: Freedom to sell

Competition and price policies: Resale-price maintenance

Competition and price policies: Price controls

Exchanging and remitting funds: Overview

Exchanging and remitting funds: Repatriation of capital

Exchanging and remitting funds: Profit remittances

Exchanging and remitting funds: Loan inflows and repayment

Exchanging and remitting funds: Remittance of royalties and fees

Exchanging and remitting funds: Restrictions on trade-related payments

Corporate taxes: Overview

Corporate taxes: Corporate tax rates

Corporate taxes: Taxable income defined

Corporate taxes: Depreciation

Corporate taxes: Schedule for paying taxes

Corporate taxes: Capital taxes

Corporate taxes: Treatment of capital gains

Corporate taxes: Taxes on dividends

Corporate taxes: Taxes on interest

Corporate taxes: Taxes on royalties and fees

Corporate taxes: Double-tax treaties

Corporate taxes: Intercompany charges

Corporate taxes: Regional management companies

Corporate taxes: Turnover, sales and excise taxes

Corporate taxes: Other taxes

Personal taxes: Overview

Personal taxes: Residence

Personal taxes: Determination of taxable income

Personal taxes: Personal tax rates, 2008

Personal taxes: Personal tax rates

Personal taxes: Capital taxes

Capital sources: Overview

Capital sources: Short-term capital

Capital sources: Medium- and long-term capital

Human resources: Overview

Human resources: Labour law

Human resources: Fundamental indicators: labour and employment

Human resources: Industrial labour

Human resources: Wages and fringe benefits

Human resources: Working hours

Human resources: Compensation in Guatemala, 2008

Human resources: Part-time and temporary help

Human resources: Termination of employment

Human resources: Employment of foreigners

Foreign trade: Overview

Foreign trade: Tariffs and import taxes

Foreign trade: Import restrictions

Foreign trade: Taxes on exports

Foreign trade: Fundamental indicators: chief trading partners

Foreign trade: Free ports, zones

Foreign trade: Export restrictions

Foreign trade: Export insurance and credit

E-commerce: Forms of e-commerce

E-commerce: Growth of e-commerce

E-commerce: Foreign investment

E-commerce: Intellectual property

E-commerce: Consumer protection

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