Between November and December, auditors from the Superintendency of Tax Administration (SAT) will leave again as part of the second massive program of business audits to verify that they issue the respective invoices.
The end of year season records the highest peak in sales and, therefore, for the treasury it also means the main period of income from tax payments.
102 billion quetzales will be collected this year in taxes.
The Mayor’s Office will delegate personnel throughout the country and they will arrive without prior notice, but duly identified, announced the head of this institution, Marco Livio Díaz.
The first tax verification visit to the commercial establishments was made in July, after the payment of bonus 14 to the workers by the employers. This is the second season with the highest sales, after Christmas and New Year.
The official stated that the analysis of the results of these presences is still in process, in order to update taxpayers who have more than one problem or omission. Many of the establishments were not registered in the tax regimes and others had irregularities in their accounting processes, since they did not issue respective tax documents for all the transactions they carried out; Now they are catching up.
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During the audits, the SAT delegates request from those affected to pay taxes, documents such as the Unified Tax Registry, financial statements, comparison of sales versus purchases and
VAT declarations.
For the moment, the person in charge of the SAT stated that the collection goal established for this year will be exceeded. For the first time in history, tax revenues will exceed 100 billion.
Díaz said that the collection will close at approximately 102 billion quetzales. Relative to 2023, it will mean an increase of approximately 10 percent.
He also said that the revenue ceiling planned in next year’s budget will be reached (108 billion).
