ArticleNew Income Tax Return Form 101 In EcuadorThe boxes are named in keeping with the nomenclature used by the IFIS for different groups of accounts. EcuadorTaxPerez Bustamante Ponce
ArticleIncentives For Employees To Report Corruption And Illegal Activities In Their CompaniesIn the United States, government regulatory entities have the power to give monetary awards to employees who report illegal activities at their companies.EcuadorEmployment and HRPerez Bustamante Ponce
ArticleWhat Has Changed With The New Legislation On Money Laundering Prevention?The Board will be the highest body to control, supervise and regulate matters relating to money laundering and terrorism financing.EcuadorGovernment, Public SectorPerez Bustamante Ponce
ArticleWhat Every Company In Ecuador Should Consider For General Shareholders' MeetingsWe are in the season when companies must hold their annual general shareholders' meetings in order to review, their performance throughout the year and to define the strategy for next yearEcuadorCorporate/Commercial LawPerez Bustamante & Ponce
ArticleCompanies Incorporated In Other Countries Can Now Change Their Nationality And Be Domiciled In EcuadorCompanies incorporated in other countries can now change their nationality and may be domiciled in our country in accordance with Ecuadorian laws.EcuadorCorporate/Commercial LawPerez Bustamante & Ponce
ArticlePossibility Of Executing Shareholder's Agreements In Ecuador When Trading Their Shares If any damages exist, they will be deemed null and void.EcuadorCorporate/Commercial LawPerez Bustamante & Ponce
ArticleU.S. Anticorruption Rules Have Already Been Applied In Respect Of Corrupt Practices Perpetrated In EcuadorThe U.S. FCPA makes it unlawful and penalizes U.S. companies, their directors and executives if they pay directly or through third parties anything of value to foreign public officials for purposes of obtaining unethical economic benefits.EcuadorCorporate/Commercial LawPerez Bustamante Ponce
ArticleThe Rosenthal Case: U.S. Laws Put One Of The Most Powerful Latin American Families In CheckU.S. authorities aggressively apply money anti-laundering and anti-corruption laws on persons and companies beyond the U.S. borders.EcuadorCriminal LawPerez Bustamante Ponce
ArticleDo You Know What Information Can Be Requested By The Internal Revenue Service?The SRI is legally able to gain access to all kinds of data, numbers and documents, provided that they are not protected by professional secrecy.EcuadorTaxPerez Bustamante Ponce
ArticleOpen Skies: A Door Is Opened For Investments Of The Air-Commercial Sector In EcuadorEcuador has adopted, as national public policy, the full liberalization of air transport, with the exception of cabotage traffic ...EcuadorTransportPerez Bustamante & Ponce
ArticleOFAC Expands Restrictions In Respect Of Transactions With Venezuelan GovernmentOn February 12, 2018, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published additional explanations about sanctions relating to transactions with PDVSA and with Venezuelan Entities ...United StatesInternational LawPerez Bustamante & Ponce
ArticleInternal Revenue Service Demands Independence And Impartiality In Compliance And Transfer Pricing Reports And In External Auditors' CertificatesFiling to submit those reports as mentioned above may also bring about sanctions ranging from fines to the closure of commercial establishments.EcuadorTaxPerez Bustamante Ponce
ArticleArbitration In Public-Private Alliances – Challenges For Its ApplicationThe Law on Incentives for Public-Private Alliances and its regulations include provisions approving local and international arbitration as a means for dispute resolution in relation to PPA contracts.EcuadorLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationPerez Bustamante Ponce
ArticlePaying Taxes With Central Bank Securities ("TBCs")The Central Bank is authorized to issue securities known as TBCs (by their Spanish acronym). The TBCs are delivered to contractors as payment for goods or services provided to the Ecuadorian State. EcuadorTaxPerez Bustamante Ponce
ArticleFind The Answers To Repeated Questions About Your Net Worth StatementThis question is usually asked at the beginning of each year when taxpayers do not know, in whole or in part, the conditions that must be satisfied and the information that must be reported to the IRS.EcuadorTaxPerez Bustamante Ponce