skip to Main Content
Guatemala

Report Topics:

1:- General Information

2:- Cooling-off Period

3:- Pyramid Schemes

4:- Multi-Level Marketing

5:- Prohibition on Products

6:- Credit Restrictions Country

7:- Money Collections

8:- Licenses

9:- Status of Direct Sellers

10:- Earnings Claims

11:- Taxes and Fees

12:- Social Security

13:- Others

eneral Information

direct selling industry In Guatemala is regulated on basis of the following:

The civil code
The law of the Guatemalan consumer rights protection
Commercial Code
Rules of civil partnership registration

Cooling-off Period
The Code of Consumer Protection Law ( Decreto 6-2003) defines the consumer’s rights; is a law that aims to promote, disseminate and defend the rights of consumers and users, establish the offenses, penalties and procedures in this area. The provisions of this Act are guardians of consumers and users and provide a minimum of rights and guarantees of non-derogable, social interest and public order.

This law is not specific for the market attended by direct sales companies. Some articles of this law, however, have, as target, the protection of consumer who is attended by direct sales system.

Pyramid Schemes
No legislation

Multi–Level Marketing
No legislation

Prohibition on Products
Products are regulated by health and tagged records and comply with good manufacturing practices.

Credit Restrictions Country
No legislation

Money Collections
No legislation

Licenses

Commercial patent
Society and business patent
Tax identification registration

Status of Direct Sellers

No legislation.

Earnings Claims

No legi
slation.

 

Taxes and Fees

Income tax (different economic regimes)
VAT 12%

Social Security
No information.

Others
No information.

Back To Top